The older living kidney donor: Part of the solution to the organ shortage

Transplantation

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1662-1666

  Gill, John S ^a   Gill, Jagbir ^a   Rose, Caren ^a   Zalunardo, Nadia ^a   Landsberg, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Living kidney donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; CADAVER DONOR; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845939479     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000250715.32241.8a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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