Survey of renal transplantation in Slovenia

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 264-267

  Kandus, Aljoša ^a   Arnol, Miha ^a   Bren, Andrej F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Graft survival; Immunosuppression; Patient survival; Renal transplantation; Survey

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; DILTIAZEM; HLA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHILD; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROEMULSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOVENIA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLOVENIA; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849116428     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2009.00721.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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