Steroid avoidance in liver transplantation: Meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized trials
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Steroid avoidance in liver transplantation: meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized trials.
Steroid use after liver transplantation (LT) has been associated with diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and hepatitis C (HCV) recurrence. We performed meta-analysis and meta-regression of 30 publications representing 19 randomized trials that compared steroid-free with steroid-based immunosuppression (IS). There were no differences in death, graft loss, and infection. Steroid-fre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1527-6465,1527-6473
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21396