Decreased short-term renal graft survival in Maghrebian recipients

Transplant International

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 254-258

  Boer, Willem E ^a   Van Beeumen, Gerda ^a   Elseviers, Monique M ^a   Ysebaert, Dirk K ^a   Chapelle, Thierry ^a   Couttenye, Marie Madeleine ^a   Bosmans, Jean Louis ^a   De Broe, Marc E ^a   Verpooten, Gert A ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; High risk population; Kidney transplantation; Maghreb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BELGIUM; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0036933597     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2002.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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