Significance of the donor age effect on kidney transplants

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 366-372

  Terasaki, Paul I ^a   Gjertson, David W ^a   Cecka, J Michael ^a   Takemoto, Steve ^a   Cho, Yong Won ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Donor age; HLA; Hyperfiltration; Kidney transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANURIA; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CREATININE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0030815344     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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