The advantage of live-donor kidney transplantation in older recipients

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-19

  Nanovic, Lisa ^a   Kaplan, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Expanded criteria donor; Kidney transplantation; Living donor; Organ allocation; Standard criteria donor

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; ELDERLY CARE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57749197590     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0987     Document Type: Note

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