Use of a pelvic kidney for living transplantation: Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-238

  Luke, Patrick P W ^a   McAlister, Vivian C ^a   Jevnikar, Anthony M ^a   House, Andrew A ^a   Muirhead, Norman ^a   Cross, Jennifer ^a   Hollomby, David ^a   Chin, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEPHRECTOMY; PELVIC KIDNEY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RENOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037296983     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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