Impact of renal transplantation on survival in end-stage renal disease patients with elevated body mass index

Kidney International

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 647-653

  Glanton, Christopher W ^a,b   Kao, Tzu Cheg ^a,b   Cruess, David ^a,b   Agodoa, Lawrence Y C ^a,b   Abbott, Kevin C ^a,b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cadaveric organs; Dialysis; ESRD; Living donor; Obesity; Renal transplant; Survival; USRDS; Wait list

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CADAVER; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIALYSIS; DONOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

EID: 0037249332     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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