Kidneys from deceased donors more than 75 years perform acceptably after transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1437-1441

  Foss, Aksel ^a   Heldal, Kristian ^a,b,c   Scott, Helge ^a   Foss, Stein ^a   Leivestad, Torbjorn ^a   Jorgensen, Pål Foyn ^a   Scholz, Tim ^a   Midtvedt, Karsten ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Expanding criteria donor; Kidney transplantation; Outcome

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREATININE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649622602     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181a4ebd2     Document Type: Article

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