Transplant recipient renal function is donor renal mass- and recipient gender-dependent

Transplant International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-345

  Jacobs, Stephen C ^a,b   Nogueira, Joseph M ^a   Phelan, Michael W ^a   Bartlett, Stephen T ^a   Cooper, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Gender disparity; Kidney donor; Nephrectomy; Renal function; Renal transplant; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 40449122551     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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