Steroid withdrawal or avoidance in renal transplant recipients
Steroids remain an important component of maintenance immunosuppression after renal transplantation. Their anti-inflammatory action is partly due to the sequestration of CD4+ lymphocytes in the reticuloendothelial system. Steroids bind to intracellular receptors and the resulting steroid-receptor c...
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Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
2006
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