Survival of recipients of cadaveric kidney transplants compared with those receiving dialysis treatment in Australia and New Zealand, 1991-2001

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2212-2219

  McDonald, Stephen P ^a   Russ, Graeme R ^a  

^a ANZDATA Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cadaveric kidney transplants; End stage renal disease; Haemodialysis; Peritoneal dialysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATIFICATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTER; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CADAVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036899604     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.12.2212     Document Type: Article

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