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Clinical Trial
. 1991 Dec;23(6):3035-7.

CMV infection in liver transplantation under cyclosporine or FK 506 immunosuppression

M Alessiani  1 , S Kusne, J J Fung, J Torre-Cisneros, A Jain, K Abu-Elmagd, S Takaya, U Cillo, M Martin, S Todo, et al.
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CMV infection in liver transplantation under cyclosporine or FK 506 immunosuppression

M Alessiani et al. Transplant Proc. 1991 Dec.
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Fig 1
Fig 1
The rate of CMV infection increased dramatically after retransplantation in the FK 506 group. In the CyA group, the difference is minimal.
Fig 2
Fig 2
The use of OKT3 increased the incidence of symptomatic CMV infection by 50% in both CyA and FK 506 groups.
Fig 3
Fig 3
The requirement for additional immunosuppression was higher in the CyA group. This overimmunosuppression was necessary to control the rejection.
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