Age and comorbidities are effect modifiers of gender disparities in renal transplantation

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 621-628

  Segev, Dorry L ^a,c   Kucirka, Lauren M ^a   Oberai, Pooja C ^a   Parekh, Rulan S ^a,b   Boulware, L Ebony ^a,b   Powe, Neil R ^a,b   Montgomery, Robert A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 62249084669     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008060591     Document Type: Article

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