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Association of pre-transplant statin use with delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients

BACKGROUND: Administration of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins), prior to ischemia or prior to reperfusion has been shown to decrease ischemia-reperfusion renal injury in animal studies. It is unknown whether this protective effect is applicable to renal transplantation in humans. The aim of th...

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Autores principales: Reiling, Janske, Johnson, David W, Kruger, Peter S, Pillans, Peter, Wall, Daryl R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22985048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-13-111