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Comment
. 2020 Sep;20(9):2630-2631.
doi: 10.1111/ajt.15992. Epub 2020 Jun 12.

Coronavirus disease 2019 and transplantation: The combination of lopinavir/ritonavir and hydroxychloroquine is responsible for excessive tacrolimus trough level and unfavorable outcome

Tian Xia  1 , Yanfeng Wang  1
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Coronavirus disease 2019 and transplantation: The combination of lopinavir/ritonavir and hydroxychloroquine is responsible for excessive tacrolimus trough level and unfavorable outcome

Tian Xia et al. Am J Transplant. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: antibiotic: antiviral; clinical research/practice; complication: infectious; drug interaction; infectious disease; kidney transplantation/nephrology; liver transplantation/hepatology.

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