A J-shaped association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and mortality in kidney transplant recipients

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 505-511

  Winkelmayer, Wolfgang C ^a   Schaeffner, Elke S ^b   Chandraker, Anil ^a   Kramar, Reinhard ^c   Rumpold, Helmut ^d   Sunder Plassmann, Gere ^d   Födinger, Manuela ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Austrian Dialysis and Transplant Registry   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allograft loss; Epidemiology and outcomes; Immunosuppression; Inflammation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247860956     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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