The evolution of renal transplantation in clinical practice: For better, for worse?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 967-978

  Courtney, Aisling E ^a   McNamee, P T ^a   Maxwell, A P ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 57049133951     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn136     Document Type: Article

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