Evolution of endpoints for renal transplant outcome

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 933-941

  Hariharan, Sundaram ^a   McBride, Maureen A ^b   Cohen, Eric P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

Renal transplantation outcome; Short term end points

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYSTATIN C; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG ACTIVITY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CREATININE; CYSTATINS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042265183     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00176.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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