The great success of Asian kidney transplant recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1850-1852

  Katznelson, S ^a,b   Cecka, J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CADAVER DONOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CADAVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031450627     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199712270-00038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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