Indigenous transplant outcomes in Australia: What the ANZDATA Registry tells us

Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2004, Pages

  Mcdonald, Stephen ^a,b  

^a ANZDATA Registry   (Australia)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Comorbidities; Outcomes; Renal; Survival advantage; Transplant

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CADAVER DONOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECIPIENT; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 12344303100     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2004.00350.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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