Renal transplantation from donors aged <6 years into children yields equal graft survival when compared to older donors

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-123

  Filler, G ^a   Lindeke, A ^a   Bohme K ^a   Devaux, S ^a   Schonberger B ^a   Ehrich, J H H ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

51Cr EDTA clearance; Children; Donor age; Glomerular filtration rate; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DONOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031261210     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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