Duration of donor brain death and its influence on kidney graft function

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 292-294

  Kunzendorf, Ulrich ^a   Hohenstein, Bernd ^a   Oberbarnscheid, Martin ^a   Müller, Erika ^b   Renders, Lutz ^a   Schott, Günther Eugen ^a   Offermann, Gerd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain death; Delayed kidney graft function; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; EXPLANT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036523940     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20316.x     Document Type: Article

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