Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 594-595 , April 2007

Case Report of a Kidney Transplant Recipient Converted to Everolimus Due to Malignancy: Resolution of Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia Without Everolimus Discontinuation

  • C. Agost Carreño

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to C. Agost Carreño, Hospital Aeronautico Central, Bueno Aires, Argentina.
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  • M. Gadea

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PII: S0041-1345(06)01570-3

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.12.023

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 594-595 , April 2007

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