A thirty percent chronic decline in inverse serum creatinine is an excellent predictor of late renal allograft failure

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 762-768

  Kasiske, Bertram L ^a   Andany, Magdalena Adeva ^a   Danielson, Barbara ^a  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic allograft nephropathy; Creatinine; Creatinine clearance (CCr); Cyclosporine (CsA); Graft failure; Inverse creatinine; Renal allograft function

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; LYMPHOBLAST ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036196567     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.31996     Document Type: Article

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