Risk factors for chronic rejection in pediatric renal transplant recipients - A single-center experience

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-398

  Birk, Patricia E ^a   Matas, Arthur J ^a   Gillingham, Kristen J ^a   Michael Mauer, S ^a   Najarian, John S ^a   Chavers, Blanche M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Chronic rejection; Renal transplantation; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIALYSIS; DONOR; FEMALE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030873816     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050303     Document Type: Article

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