Complications of gallstone disease in kidney transplantation patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 886-890

  Sarkio, S ^a,b   Salmela, K ^a   Kyllonen L ^a   Rosliakova, M ^a   Honkanen, E ^a   Halme, Leena ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Lohja Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Complication; Gallstone disease; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BODY MASS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GALLSTONE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847654151     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl708     Document Type: Article

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