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Errol L Bush1, Shu S Lin

  • 1Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3443, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

Thoracic Surgery Clinics
|January 24, 2007
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Since the advent of various novel immunosuppressants, including tacrolimus, rapamycin, and daclixumab. expanding variations of protocols have been developed. Little evidence exists to substantially support a single agent over another. or a combination regimen protocol over another. Therefore, the principles and the goals of immunosuppression in lung transplantation recipients will remain moving targets and continue to evolve, and the use of large-scale, multi-institutional clinical trials is imperative to develop optimal immunosuppressive strategies.

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