Trends in kidney transplantation in Australia and New Zealand, 1993-2004

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 611-618

  Chang, Sean H ^a,b   Russ, Graeme R ^a,b   Chadban, Steven J ^a,c,d   Campbell, Scott B ^a,e,f   McDonald, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Graft function; Kidney transplantation; Outcome; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548745867     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000280553.23898.ef     Document Type: Article

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