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Is early steroid withdrawal after liver transplantation feasible with tacrolimus monotherapy?

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Moench C et al. (2007) Tacrolimus monotherapy without steroids after liver transplantation—a prospective randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial. Am J Transplant 7: 1616–1623

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