Obesity impacts access to kidney transplantation

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-355

  Segev, Dorry L ^a,c   Simpkins, Christopher E ^a   Thompson, Richard E ^b   Locke, Jayme E ^a   Warren, Daniel S ^a   Montgomery, Robert A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39049157302     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2007050610     Document Type: Article

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