Effect of Overweight on Kidney Transplantation Outcome

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2202-2204

  Sancho, A ^a   Avila A ^a   Gavela, E ^a   Beltran S ^a   Fernandez Najera J E ^a   Molina, P ^a   Crespo, J F ^a   Pallardo L M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34548696863     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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