Bone growth during rapamycin therapy in young rats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rapamycin is an effective immunosuppressant widely used to maintain the renal allograft in pediatric patients. Linear growth may be adversely affected in young children since rapamycin has potent anti-proliferative and anti-angiogeni...

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Main Authors: He Yu-Zhu, Sanchez Cheryl P
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/9/3