A Randomized 2x2 Factorial Clinical Trial of Renal Transplantation: Steroid-Free Maintenance Immunosuppression with Calcineurin Inhibitor Withdrawal after Six Months Associates with Improved Renal Function and Reduced Chronic Histopathology

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R. Brian Stevens ,

* E-mail: rbstevens1@icloud.com

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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Kirk W. Foster,

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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Clifford D. Miles,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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Andre C. Kalil,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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Diana F. Florescu,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
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John P. Sandoz,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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Theodore H. Rigley,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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Tamer Malik,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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Lucile E. Wrenshall

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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