A survey of nephrologists' views on preemptive transplantation

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1837-1845

  Pradel, Françoise G ^a   Jain, Rahul ^a   Mullins, C Daniel ^a   Vassalotti, Joseph A ^b   Bartlett, Stephen T ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERNET; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149343650     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.00150108     Document Type: Article

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