Does pretransplant obesity affect the outcome in kidney transplant recipients?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 717-720

  Singh, D ^a   Lawen, J ^a   Alkhudair, W ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ATELECTASIS; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCISIONAL HERNIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 17844363961     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.12.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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