Reduction in acute rejections decreases chronic rejection graft failure in children: A report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS)

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 142-147

  Tejania, Amir ^a   Ho, Ping Leung ^b   Emmett, Lea ^a   Stablein, Donald M ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic rejection; Cyclosporine therapy; Pediatric patterns

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0347690054     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.020205.x     Document Type: Article

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