Kidney transplantation in infants and small children

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 702-708

  Chavers, Blanche ^b   Najarian, John S ^b   Humar, Abhinav ^a,b  

^a UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage kidney disease; Evaluation; Infants; Kidney transplantation; Outcomes; Surgical techniques

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34848825440     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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