Chronic kidney disease and the transplant recipient

Blood Purification

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 137-142

  Gill, John S ^a,b   Pereira, Brian J G ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Death with graft function; Kidney transplant recipients

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT CARE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037256102     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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