High incidence of urinary tract malignancy among patients with haematuria following kidney transplantation in Taiwan

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-407

  Tai, Huai Ching ^a,b   Lai, Ming Kuen ^a   Wang, So Meng ^a   Chueh, Shih Chieh ^a   Yu, Hong Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Haematuria; Kidney transplantation; Rejection; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT CANCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849163766     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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