Superior long-term graft function and better growth of grafts in children receiving kidneys from paediatric compared with adult donors

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2596-2600

  Pape, Lars ^a   Hoppe, J ^a   Becker, T ^a   Ehrich, J H H ^a   Neipp, M ^a   Ahlenstiel, T ^a   Offner, G ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Glomerular filtration rate; Kidney transplantation; Long term survival; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; HEPARIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

AGE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMULSION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DONOR; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33750094416     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl119     Document Type: Article

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