Influence of allograft size to recipient body-weight ratio on the long-term outcome of renal transplantation

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 314-319

  Nicholson, M L ^a   Windmill, D C ^a   Horsburgh, T ^a   Harris, K P G ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034114759     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.2000.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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