Subgroup analyses in randomized controlled trials: The need for risk stratification in kidney transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2217-2222

  Wagner, M ^a,b   Balk, E M ^a   Kent, D M ^a   Kasiske, B L ^c   Ekberg, H ^d  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Outcomes; Prediction models; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK;

GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349224483     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02802.x     Document Type: Review

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