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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 1981 Jul 30;305(5):266–269. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198107303050507

Table 1.

Prednisone Dosage in Liver-Transplant Recipients Given Cyclosporin A Immunosuppression.

Prednisone Dosage Patient Nos. Total
No initial dose * 1,2,3,4,5,10 6
Low initial dose (< 1 mg/kg body wt) 8,12 2
Short cycle of doses † 6,7,9,11 4
*

Prednisone therapy was started in all patients within six to 60 days because of faulty liver function.

†

See Methods — Immunosuppression.