The impact of transplantation with deceased donor hepatitis C-positive kidneys on survival in wait-listed long-term dialysis patients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2032-2037

  Abbott, Kevin C ^a,b   Lentine, Krista L ^c   Bucci, Jay R ^a,b   Agodoa, Lawrence Y ^d   Peters, Thomas G ^e,f   Schnitzler, Mark A ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH JACKSONVILLE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Deceased donor; Dialysis; Donor; Elderly; End stage renal disease; Expanded criteria donor; Hepatitis C; Kidney transplant; Survival; USRDS; Wait list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 10044266676     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-6143.2004.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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