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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transplant Proc. 1991 Dec;23(6):3078–3081.

Table 1.

Conversion From CyA to FK 506 in 35 Renal Transplant Recipients

Indication for FK 506 Conversion No. Patients (%) No. Successful Conversions (%)
Ongoing acute rejection* 24 (69) 17 (71)
Chronic rejection 6 (17) 0 (0)
CyA toxicity 3 (9) 1 (33)
Steroid complications† 2 (5) 2 (100)
Total 35 20
*

Two patients had severe vascular rejection with ischemic infarction and failed conversion.

†

One patient had steroid-induced insulin dependent diabetes, and one patient wished to be tapered off prednisone because of marked obesity.