Living donors >55 years: To use or not to use?

Transplantation

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 999-1004

  Kerr, Stephen R ^a   Gillingham, Kristen J ^a   Johnson, Eric M ^a   Matas, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CADAVER; CHILD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0033561058     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199904150-00011     Document Type: Article

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