Outcome of kidney transplantation in Canadian Aboriginal children in the province of British Columbia

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 856-860

  Matsuda Abedini, Mina ^a,b   Al Alsheikh, Khalid ^a,b   Hurley, Robert Morrison ^a,b   Matsell, Douglas G ^a,b   Chow, Josephine ^a   Carter, James E ^a,b   Lirenman, David S ^a,b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Kidney transplant; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349964547     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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