A single-center experience of renal transplantation in elderly patients

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 26-32

  El Agroudy, Amgad E ^a   Al Arrayed, Sameer M ^a   Al Arrayed, Ahmed S ^a   Al Ghareeb, Sumya M ^a   Farid, Eman ^a   Zabor, Kazem ^a   Alla, Sadiq Abd ^a  

^a Salmaniya Medical Complex   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Kidney; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 74949140757     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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