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Steroid withdrawal in African American kidney transplant recipients: long-term effects on graft outcomes

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boxed-textHricik DE et al. (2007) Long-term graft outcomes after steroid withdrawal in African American kidney transplant recipients receiving sirolimus and tacrolimus. Transplantation 83: 277–281

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  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Transplantation, LHRB 728, 701 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA cjyoung@uab.edu

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