Prospective evaluation of pretransplant blood transfusions in cadaver kidney recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 964-967

  Opelz, G ^a   Vanrenterghem, Y ^b   Kirste, G ^b   Gray, D W R ^b   Horsburgh, T ^b   Lachance, J G ^b   Largiader, F ^b   Lange, H ^b   Vujaklija Stipanovic, K ^b   Alvarez Grande, J ^b   Schott, W ^b   Hoyer, J ^b   Schnuelle, P ^b   Descoeudres, C ^b   Ruder, H ^b   Wujciak, T ^a   Schwarz, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030903326     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199704150-00010     Document Type: Article

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