Renal function outcomes following liver transplantation and combined liver-kidney transplantation

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 507-514

  Pham, Phuong Thu T ^a   Pham, Phuong Chi T ^b   Wilkinson, Alan H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined liver kidney transplant; Kidney transplant; Liver transplant; MELD

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 34548186878     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0574     Document Type: Review

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