Thrombophilia and avascular necrosis of femoral head in kidney allograft recipients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3555-3558

  Ekmekci, Yakup ^a   Keven, Kenan ^a   Akar, Nejat ^a   Egin, Yonca ^a   Sengul, Sule ^a   Kutlay, Sim ^a   Erturk, Sehsuvar ^a   Erbay, Bulent ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Factor V Leiden; Kidney transplantation; Prothrombin G20210A; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; GENOMIC DNA; PROTHROMBIN;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; GENDER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; FACTOR V; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MUTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 33751419534     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl400     Document Type: Article

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