Racial differences in pediatric renal transplantation - 24-Year single center experience

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-157

  Omoloja, Abiodun ^a,b   Stolfi, Adrienne ^a,b   Mitsnefes, Mark ^a,c  

^a Wright State University School of Medicine ^*

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children adolescents; End stage renal disease; Kidneys; Race ethnicity; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 31944443934     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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