Predictive ability of pretransplant comorbidities to predict long-term graft loss and death

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 494-505

  MacHnicki, G ^a   Pinsky, B ^a   Takemoto, S ^b   Balshaw, R ^c   Salvalaggio, P R ^a   Buchanan, P M ^a   Irish, W ^d   Bunnapradist, S ^e   Lentine, K L ^a   Burroughs, T E ^a   Brennan, D C ^f   Schnitzler, M A ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Institute of Transplantation Los Angeles   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIBRATION; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 60649095001     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02486.x     Document Type: Article

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