Renal transplantation in children from 1987-1996: The 1996 annual report of the North American pediatric renal transplant cooperative study

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-162

  Feld, Leonard G ^a,c   Stablein, Donald ^b   Fivush, Barbara ^c   Harmon, William ^d   Tejani, Amir ^d  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b EMMES Corporation Potamage   (United States)

^c John's Hopkins' Maryland ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Pediatrics; Rejection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORTH AMERICA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANNUAL REPORTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031261165     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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