Quality of life in adult transplant recipients more than 15 years after kidney transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1640-1644

  Neipp, Michael ^a   Karavul, Behya ^a   Jackobs, Steffan ^a   Zu Vilsendorf, Andreas Meyer ^a   Richter, Nicolas ^a   Becker, Thomas ^a   Schwarz, Anke ^a   Klempnauer, Juergen ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Kidney transplantation; KTQ 25; Long term outcome; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANT QUESTIONNAIRE KTQ 25; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNCERTAINTY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

AGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745460328     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000226070.74443.fb     Document Type: Article

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