The presence of glomerular sclerosis at time zero has a significant impact on function after cadaveric renal transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 344-346

  Escofet, Xavier ^a   Osman, Hisham ^a   Griffiths, David F R ^b   Woydag, Suzanna ^a   Jurewicz, W Adam ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; DATA BASE; DETERIORATION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

BIOPSY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0037442088     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000044361.74625.E7     Document Type: Article

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