Period analysis for more up-to-date graft and patient survival estimates in transplantation: An evaluation using united network for organ sharing data

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 580-588

  Gondos, Adam ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Methodology; Period analysis; Survival analysis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

CADAVER; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 77949413833     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181caa38e     Document Type: Article

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