Incremental value of the pancreas allograft to the survival of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant recipients

Diabetes Care

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 600-602

  Salvalaggio, Paolo R ^a,b   Dzebisashvili, Nino ^a   Pinsky, Brett ^a   Schnitzler, Mark A ^a   Burroughs, Thomas E ^a   Graff, Ralph ^a,b   Axelrod, David A ^a,c   Brennan, Daniel C ^a   Lentine, Krista L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTION;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349122925     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-1718     Document Type: Article

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