Bortezomib-based antibody-mediated rejection therapy and simultaneous conversion to belatacept

Jill C Krisl1, Rita R Alloway, Adele Rike Shields

  • 11 Work created as Transplant Pharmacy Fellow, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center, Cincinnati, OH 2 Transplant Clinical Research, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 3 Transplant Clinical Pharmacy, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH 4 Director of Kidney Transplantation, The Christ Hospital, Kidney and Hypertension Center, Cincinnati, OH 5 Director Division of Transplantation Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

Transplantation
|February 18, 2014
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