Conversion from Tacrolimus to Cyclosporine A Improves Glucose Tolerance in HCV-Positive Renal Transplant Recipients.

Conversion from Tacrolimus to Cyclosporine A Improves Glucose Tolerance in HCV-Positive Renal Transplant Recipients.

BACKGROUND:Calcineurin-inhibitors and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increase the risk of post-transplant diabetes mellitus. Chronic HCV infection promotes insulin resistance rather than beta-cell dysfunction. The objective was to elucidate whether a conversion from tacrolimus to cyclosporine A a...

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Main Authors: Ammon Handisurya, Corinna Kerscher, Andrea Tura, Harald Herkner, Berit Anna Payer, Mattias Mandorfer, Johannes Werzowa, Wolfgang Winnicki, Thomas Reiberger, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Giovanni Pacini, Marcus Säemann, Alice Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4703220?pdf=render

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