Early assessment of renal resistance index after kidney transplant can help predict long-term renal function

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2916-2920

  Saracino, Angelo ^a,b   Santarsia, Giovanni ^a   Latorraca, Angela ^a   Gaudiano, Vito ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Matera   (Italy)

^b MADONNA DELLE GRAZIE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color Doppler ultrasonography; Graft survival; Intrarenal arteries; Renal resistance index

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33749597024     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl203     Document Type: Article

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