Renal transplantation in the elderly

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 195-210

  Saxena, Ramesh ^a   Yu, Xueqing ^b   Giraldo, Mauricio ^c   Arenas, Juan ^a   Vazquez, Miguel ^a   Lu, Christopher Y ^a   Vaziri, Nosratola D ^d   Silva, Fred G ^e   Zhou, Xin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Expanded criteria donor; Geriatric nephrology; Immunosuppression; Kidney transplantation; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; AGED; AGING; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FORECASTING; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62349133899     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-008-9489-6     Document Type: Review

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