Are the baseline chances if survival comparable between the candidates for kidney transplantation who actually receive a graft and those who never get one?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1093-1098

  Vianello, Alberto ^a   Spinello, Michela ^c   Palminteri, Giuseppe ^b   Brunello, Anna ^b   Calconi, Gilberto ^b   Maresca, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a Feltre General Hospital   (Italy)

^b Treviso General Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cadaveric kidneys; Dialysis; Immunization; Patient survival; Renal transplantation; Waiting lists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALLOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0035992047     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.6.1093     Document Type: Article

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