A BLINDED, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACUTE REJECTION IN CADAVERIC RENAL TRANSPLANTATION1

Tricontinental Mycophenolate Mofetil Renal Transplantation Study Group, The

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A BLINDED, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL OF MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACUTE REJECTION IN CADAVERIC RENAL TRANSPLANTATION1

Published in Transplantation • Apr 1, 1996

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The Tricontinental Mycophenolate Mofetil Renal Transplantation Study Group

Abstract

Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is a powerful immunosuppressant that inhibits the proliferation of T and B lymphocytes by blocking the enzyme inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase. MMF has been shown to prevent acute graft rejection in animal experiments and may have an important role in clinical renal tr...

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Medicine

Azathioprine

Mycophenolic acid

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