Hyponatraemia and hyperkalaemia are more frequent in renal transplant recipients treated with tacrolimus than with cyclosporin. Further evidence for differences between cyclosporin and tacrolimus nephrotoxicities.

Autor: Higgins, Robert, Ramaiyan, Karam, Dasgupta, Tanaji, Kanji, Hemali, Fletcher, Simon, Lam, For, Kashi, Habib
Zdroj: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation; February 2004, Vol. 19 Issue: 2 p444-450, 7p
Abstrakt: This study was designed to examine the hypothesis that the nephrotoxicities caused by cyclosporin and tacrolimus might differ in respect of sodium and potassium handling.
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