Pediatric renal transplantation in a South African teaching hospital: A 20-year perspective

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 441-448

  Pitcher, G J ^a,c   Beale, P G ^a   Bowley, D M ^a   Hahn, D ^a   Thomson, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b University of the Witwatersrand   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Actuarial survival; Child; Graft survival; Immunosuppression; Kidney failure; Kidney transplantation; Patient compliance; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RACE; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646865882     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00489.x     Document Type: Review

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