Controlled Clinical Trial of Prophylactic Human-Leukocyte Interferon in Renal Transplantation

14 June 1979

journal article
research article
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 300 (24) , 1345-1349
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197906143002401

Abstract

A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of interferon prophylaxis against viral infections was conducted in renal-transplant recipients receiving standard immunosuppressive therapy with or without antithymocyte globulin. Interferon was administered for six weeks, beginning on the day of transplantation.

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