Renal transplantation in the elderly: Does patient age determine the results?

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 583-587

  Otero Raviña, Fernando ^a   Rodríguez Martínez, Mónica ^b   Gude, Francisco ^c   González Juanatey, José Ramón ^d   Valdés, Francisco ^e   Sánchez Guisande, Domingo ^d  

^a Health Care Coordination Section   (Spain)

^b Centre de Transfusion de Galicia   (Spain)

^c Pediatric Nutrition Research Group Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; Graft survival; Mortality; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244493089     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi200     Document Type: Article

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