Renal transplantation in Slovenia after joining Eurotransplant

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-39

  Kandus, Aljoša ^a   Arnol, Miha ^a   Bren, Andrej F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Graft survival; Immunosuppression; Patient survival; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLOVENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLOVENIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 30344433446     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi277     Document Type: Article

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