Effect of Tacrolimus Levels on Cerebral Blood Flow and Cognitive Function: A Pilot Study

Hafsa Tariq¹, Kate Young², Robert N Montgomery², Rishav Mukherjee², Rebecca J Lepping^{3

4}, William M Brooks^{3

4}, Aditi Gupta^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas.
² Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas.
⁴ Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas.

Hafsa Tariq et al. Kidney360. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 1;5(7):1032-1034.

doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000473. Epub 2024 May 17.

Hafsa Tariq¹, Kate Young², Robert N Montgomery², Rishav Mukherjee², Rebecca J Lepping^{3

4}, William M Brooks^{3

4}, Aditi Gupta^{1

3

4}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas.
² Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas.
⁴ Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City, Kansas.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure forms, as provided by each author, are available with the online version of the article at http://links.lww.com/KN9/A530.

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