@article {Bermond:August 2005:0902-0063:512,
	author = "Bermond, Bob",
	author = "Surachno, Sugianto",
	author = "Lok, Anja",
	author = "ten Berge, Ineke JM",
	author = "Plasmans, Barbara",
	author = "Kox, Cornelis",
	author = "Schuller, Esther",
	author = "Schellekens, Peter TA",
	author = "Hamel, Ronald",
	title = "Memory functions in prednisone-treated kidney transplant patients",
	journal = "Clinical Transplantation",
	volume = "19",
	year = "August 2005",
	abstract = "Bermond B, Surachno S, Lok A, ten Berge IJM, Plasmans B, Kox C, Schuller E, Schellekens PTA, Hamel R. Memory functions in prednisone-treated kidney transplant patients. <P></P>Clin Transplant 2005: 19: 512&#8211;517. &#169; Blackwell Munksgaard, 2005 Abstract:&#8194; <P></P>The literature indicates that high daily doses of gluco-corticosteroids have a degenerating effect upon the hippocampus and thus result in reduced declarative memory capacities. In order to prevent rejection, renal transplant recipients are treated with moderate daily doses of gluco-corticosteroids and, if necessary, with high pulse-doses during a few days. The question, therefore, arises as to whether or not such standard treatments result in memory impairments. For this reason, declarative memory capacities were measured, by means of a Dutch version of Rey's 15 Words Test, in a group of 52 renal transplant recipients. Results clearly indicated severe reductions in declarative memory capacities in these patients.",
	pages = "512-517(6)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/mksg/ctr/2005/00000019/00000004/art00011"
	doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1399-0012.2005.00376.x"
}