Malignancies after kidney transplantation: Hong Kong renal registryC Y Cheung
Renal Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Am J Transplant 12:3039-46. 2012
..NHL is important in our kidney transplant recipients. Strategies in cancer screening in selected patient groups are needed to improve transplant outcomes...
- Streptococcus gordonii peritonitis in a patient on CAPD
Chi Yuen Cheung
Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Ren Fail 33:242-3. 2011
..He was successfully treated with a 2-week course of cefazolin. This case highlights the emerging threat that S. gordonii can be the source of infection in patients on CAPD...
Impact of delayed graft function on renal function and graft survival in deceased kidney transplantationC Y Cheung
Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Med J 16:378-82. 2010
..To define the risk factors for delayed graft function and study the impact of such delays on renal function and long-term allograft survival in renal transplant recipients...
- Optimal body mass index that can predict long-term graft outcome in Asian renal transplant recipients
Chi Yuen Cheung
Renal Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Nephrology (Carlton) 15:259-65. 2010
..The aim of this study is to identify whether obesity (BMI > or =25 kg/m(2)) and overweight (BMI > or =23 kg/m(2)) can predict graft outcome...
- Long-term graft function with tacrolimus and cyclosporine in renal transplantation: paired kidney analysis
Chi Yuen Cheung
Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Nephrology (Carlton) 14:758-63. 2009
..This paper reports the long-term follow-up results of the authors' previously published study, with the main focus on graft survival and renal function...
- A rare cause of nephrotic syndrome: lipoprotein glomerulopathy
C Y Cheung
Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Med J 15:57-60. 2009
..Further studies will be needed to clarify the role of apolipoprotein E Hong Kong and its interaction with apolipoprotein E Kyoto in the pathogenesis of lipoprotein glomerulopathy...
- Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Chinese renal transplant recipients
C Y Cheung
Renal Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Med J 14:379-84. 2008
..To investigate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Chinese renal transplant recipients, using two different sets of diagnostic criteria...
- Can daclizumab reduce acute rejection and improve long-term renal function in tacrolimus-based primary renal transplant recipients?
Chi Yuen Cheung
Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Nephrology (Carlton) 13:251-5. 2008
..To evaluate the efficacy and safety of a tacrolimus-based immunosuppressive regimen with and without induction therapy using daclizumab in first cadaveric renal transplant recipients...
- Dried blood spot measurement: application in tacrolimus monitoring using limited sampling strategy and abbreviated AUC estimation
Chi Yuen Cheung
Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Transpl Int 21:140-5. 2008
..97; P < 0.0001). The blood samples were stable after long-distance transport. DBS sampling can be used in centers using limited sampling and abbreviated AUC(0-12) strategy as drug monitoring...
- Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in Chinese HIV-infected patients
Chi Yuen Cheung
Renal Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Nephrol Dial Transplant 22:3186-90. 2007
..To evaluate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Chinese HIV-infected population...
- Paired kidney analysis of tacrolimus and cyclosporine microemulsion-based therapy in Chinese cadaveric renal transplant recipients
Chi Yuen Cheung
Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Transpl Int 19:657-66. 2006
..04 in both parameters). This was the first prospective, randomized study with paired kidney analysis showing the renal function was significantly better in tacrolimus-treated patients than in cyclosporine-treated patients...
- Prevalence of abnormal glucose metabolism in Chinese renal transplant recipients: a single centre study
Hoi Wong Chan
enal Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China SAR
Nephrol Dial Transplant 23:3337-42. 2008
..Fasting blood glucose alone will underestimate diabetes and also ignores diagnosis of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). IGT has a strong correlation with diabetes and cardiovascular risk...
- Influence of different allelic variants of the CYP3A and ABCB1 genes on the tacrolimus pharmacokinetic profile of Chinese renal transplant recipients
Chi Yuen Cheung
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, 30 Gascoigne Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Pharmacogenomics 7:563-74. 2006
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Renal cell carcinoma of native kidney in Chinese renal transplant recipients: a report of 12 cases and a review of the literatureChi Yuen Cheung
Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Int Urol Nephrol 43:675-80. 2011
..To present and discuss the epidemiological and clinical aspects, as well as therapeutic options and outcome of de novo renal cell carcinoma (RCC) of the native kidneys in a series of Chinese renal transplant recipients...
- Tacrolimus pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics: influence of adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette B1 (ABCB1) and cytochrome (CYP) 3A polymorphisms
Robert A M op den Buijsch
Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Fundam Clin Pharmacol 21:427-35. 2007
..Therefore, genotyping for the CYP3A5*3 variant allele can contribute to a better and more individualized immunosuppressive therapy in transplant patients...
