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Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology (2005) 1, 67
doi:10.1038/ncpneph0037  

Calcineurin-inhibitor-free maintenance immunosuppression

Rachael Williams

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Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) such as ciclosporin and tacrolimus are nephrotoxic, and contribute to late dysfunction of renal grafts. New results from two randomized controlled trials, published in the American Journal of Transplantation, support a CNI-free maintenance immunosuppression regimen based on the less-toxic drug sirolimus.

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