Kidney transplantation using elderly non-heart-beating donors: A single-center experience

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 5 I, 2006, Pages 1066-1071

  Snoeijs, M G J ^a   Schaefer, S ^a   Christiaans, M H ^a   Van Hooff, J P ^a   Van Den Berg Loonen, P M ^a   Peutz Kootstra, C J ^a   Buurman, W A ^a   Van Heurn, L W E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Donors; Graft function; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation; Marginal; Non heart beating

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DONOR; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33745243802     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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