Kidney transplantation;Nierentransplantation

Therapeutische Umschau

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 443-447

  Dickenmann, Michael ^a,b   Gurke L ^b  

^a Klinik für Transplantationsimmunologie und Nephrologie   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; ORGAN DONOR; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; REGISTRIES; SWITZERLAND; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22344445202     PISSN: 00405930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0040-5930.62.7.443     Document Type: Review

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