Pro-atherosclerotic markers and cardiovascular risk factors one year after liver transplantation
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Pro-atherosclerotic markers and cardiovascular risk factors one year after liver transplantation.
AIM To investigate pro-atherosclerotic markers (endothelial dysfunction and inflammation) in patients one year after liver transplantation. METHODS Forty-four consecutive liver transplant (LT) outpatients who were admitted between August 2009 and July 2010, were followed-up by for 1 year, exhibited no evidences of infection or rejection, all of them underwent tacrolimus-based immunosuppressiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i26.8667