Kidney donors live longer

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 976-978

  Fehrman Ekholm, Ingela ^a   Blinder, Carl Gustaf ^a   Stenbeck, Magnus ^b   Tydén, Gunnar ^a   Groth, Carl G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; REGISTRIES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030768246     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199710150-00007     Document Type: Article

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