Lessons From a Rare Randomized Controlled Trial of Immunosuppressant Management After Kidney Transplantation

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¹ Renal Unit, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
² Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim, Fundação Oswaldo Ramos, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universiade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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Jeremy Chapman et al. Transplantation. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 1;108(2):323-324.

doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004819. Epub 2023 Sep 26.

¹ Renal Unit, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia.
² Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim, Fundação Oswaldo Ramos, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universiade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

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Comparison of 2 Immunosuppression Minimization Strategies in Kidney Transplantation: The ALLEGRO Trial.
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