The impact of renal transplantation on survival in hepatitis C- positive end-stage renal disease patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 608-614

  Knoll, Greg A ^b   Tankersley, Martha R ^b   Lee, Jeannette Y ^b   Julian, Bruce A ^b   Curtis, John J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dialysis; hepatitis C; kidney failure, chronic; Kidney transplantation; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0030975760     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(97)90345-0     Document Type: Article

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