Assessing the vascular effects of early erythropoietin use in pediatric renal transplant recipients

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 136-137

  Briscoe, David M ^a   Pal, Soumitro ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythropoietin; Hypertension; Pediatric; Renal transplantation; Renovascular stenosis

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39749161743     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0707     Document Type: Note

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