Four causes of cadaveric kidney transplant failure: A competing risk analysis

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 84-93

  Gjertson, David W ^a   Dabrowska, Dorota M ^a   Cui, Xingping ^a   Cecka, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute rejection failure; Chronic rejection failure; Competing risks; Death; Kidney transplants

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CADAVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036460966     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.020114.x     Document Type: Article

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