Impaired Lower Extremity Wound Healing Secondary to Sirolimus After Kidney Transplantation
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Sirolimus after kidney transplantation.
The risk of cancer is increased after kidney transplantation and is predominantly attributed to oncogenic immunosuppression. It is a leading cause of death for kidney allograft recipients, and analyses of transplant registry data suggest that mortality related to cancer is on the increase. Strategies to reduce the risk of cancer bymodifying immunosuppression are therefore desirable but must be ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1876-4983
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcws.2009.06.001