Challenges in the counseling and management of older kidney transplant candidates

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Danovitch, Gabriel ^a   Savransky, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dialysis; End stage renal disease (ESRD); Expanded criteria donor (ECD); Graft survival; Kidney transplant waiting list; Kidney transplantation; Living donor (LD); Older transplant candidates; Patient survival; Standard criteria donor (SCD)

Indexed keywords

AGING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33645276273     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.12.042     Document Type: Article

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