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Journal of Transplantation
Volume 2017, Article ID 5646858, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/5646858
Research Article

Switching Stable Kidney Transplant Recipients to a Generic Tacrolimus Is Feasible and Safe, but It Must Be Monitored

Fernando González,1,2 René López,3 Elizabeth Arriagada,2 René Carrasco,2 Natalia Gallardo,3 and Eduardo Lorca1,2

1Department of Nephrology, Hospital del Salvador, Santiago de Chile, Chile
2Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile
3Faculty of Medicine, Clínica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Correspondence should be addressed to Fernando González; lc.cu@flaznogf

Received 3 July 2016; Revised 13 November 2016; Accepted 25 December 2016; Published 26 January 2017

Academic Editor: Raman V. Venkataramanan

Copyright © 2017 Fernando González et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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