Impact of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant and timing of transplant on kidney allograft survival

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 374-382

  Israni, Ajay K ^a   Feldman, Harold I ^a   Propert, Kathleen J ^a   Leonard, Mary ^a,b   Mange, Kevin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Preemptive transplantation; Simultaneous kidney pancreas transplant

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT FAILURE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT SURVIVAL; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13144283643     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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