Kidney graft survival in Italy and factors influencing it

Progress in Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-391

  Pugliese, Orsola ^a   Quintieri, Francesca ^a   Mattucci, Dino Alberto ^b   Venettoni, Sante ^b   Taioli, Emanuela ^c   Costa, Alessandro Nanni ^b  

^a Parasitic and Immunomediated Diseases   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33644975672     PISSN: 15269248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152692480501500411     Document Type: Article

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