Pre-transplant blood transfusion and renal allograft outcome: A report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-28

  Chavers, Blanche M ^a   Kenneth Sullivan, E ^b   Tejani, Amir ^c,e   Harmon, William E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Clinical Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Kidney transplantation; Transfusions

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; NORTH AMERICA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031195847     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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