MDRD-estimated GFR at one year post-renal transplant is a predictor of long-term graft function

Renal Failure

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-352

  Lenihan, C R ^a   O'Kelly, P ^a   Mohan, P ^a   Little, D ^a   Walshe, J J ^a   Kieran, N E ^a   Conlon, P J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Graft outcome; MDRD; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45749148313     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220801947686     Document Type: Article

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