Outcomes of transplanting deceased-donor kidneys between elderly donors and recipients

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-40

  Giessing, Markus ^a,b   Fuller, T Florian ^a   Friedersdorff, Frank ^a   Deger, Serdar ^a   Wille, Andreas ^a   Neumayer, Hans Hellmut ^a   Schmidt, Danilo ^a   Budde, Klemens ^a   Liefeldt, Lutz ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CADAVER KIDNEY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANT REGISTRY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149506238     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008040423     Document Type: Article

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