Comorbid conditions in kidney transplantation: Association with graft and patient survival

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3437-3444

  Wu, Christine ^a   Evans, Idris ^a   Joseph, Raymond ^a   Shapiro, Ron ^b   Tan, Henkie ^b   Basu, Amit ^b   Smetanka, Cynthia ^b   Khan, Ahktar ^b   McCauley, Jerry ^a,b   Unruh, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DONOR; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644874311     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2005040439     Document Type: Article

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