Death in the first year after kidney transplantation: Implications for patients on the transplant waiting list

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-117

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

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037439918     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200301150-00021     Document Type: Article

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