A 'weight-listing' paradox for candidates of renal transplantation?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 550-559

  Schold, J D ^a,b   Srinivas, T R ^a   Guerra, G ^a   Reed, A I ^a   Johnson, R J ^a   Weiner, I D ^a,c   Oberbauer, R ^d   Harman, J S ^b   Hemming, A W ^a   Meier Kriesche, H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

BMI; Dialysis; Kidney transplantation; Obesity; Patient survival; Waitlisting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33847746722     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01629.x     Document Type: Article

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