Kidney transplantation in the elderly: Age-matching as compared to HLA-matching: A single center experience

Transplantation

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1356-1359

  Voiculescu, Adina ^a   Schlieper, Georg ^a   Hetzel, Gerd Rüdiger ^a   Hollenbeck, Markus ^a   Ivens, Katrin ^a   Willers, Reinhard ^a   Sandmann, Wilhelm ^a   Grabensee, Bernd ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HLA ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037181725     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200204270-00032     Document Type: Article

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