Prognostic significance of six-month estimated glomerular filtration rate in cadaveric renal transplantation

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 180-184

  Tsai, Meng Kun ^a   Hu, Rey Heng ^a   Lee, Chun Jean ^a   Lee, Po Huang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glomerular filtration rate; Prognosis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; CADAVER; CHILD; GRAFT REJECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 19144365587     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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