Renal transplant nephrectomy in children: Can an aggressive approach be recommended?

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 561-564

  Zerouali, F ^a   Levtchenko, E N ^a   Feitz, W F J ^a   Cornelissen, E A M ^a   Monnens, L A H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Failed renal transplantation; Indications; Renal transplant nephrectomy; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEVER; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT INFECTION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRECTOMY; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 11144234340     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00228.x     Document Type: Review

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