Survival of patients who have been on a waiting list for renal transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 701-704

  Medin, Charlotte ^a   Elinder, Carl Gustaf ^a   Hylander, Britta ^a   Blom, Birgit ^a   Wilczek, Henryk ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cadaveric kidney; Causes of death; Living donor kidney; Renal transplantation; Survival comparisons; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034098447     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.5.701     Document Type: Article

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