Cardiovascular death after renal transplantation remains the first cause despite significant quantitative and qualitative changes

Transplantation

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 806-

  Berthoux, Francois ^a   Mariat, Christophe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT;

AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950925311     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181caeece     Document Type: Note

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