Impact of Carotid Atherosclerosis as Assessed by B-Mode Ultrasonography on the Evolution of Kidney Transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2236-2238

  Cofan, F ^a   Arias, M ^a   Nunez I ^a   Cofan, M ^a   Corbella, E ^a,b   Rosich, E ^a   Zambon D ^b   Ros, E ^b   Gilabert, R ^a   Oppenheimer, F ^a   Campistol, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548687949     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.06.062     Document Type: Article

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