Kidney transplant outcomes in the indigenous population in the Northern Territory of Australia

Transplantation

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 882-886

  Rogers, Natasha M ^a,b   Lawton, Paul D ^b   Jose, Matthew D ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Kidney transplant; Outcome

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION RATE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33749861038     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000232439.88527.49     Document Type: Article

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