Transition to the adult nephrologist does not induce acute renal transplant rejection

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1662-1667

  Van Den Heuvel, Maria E N ^a   Van Der Lee, Johanna H ^a   Cornelissen, Elisabeth A M ^b   Bemelman, Frederike J ^c   Hoitsma, Andries ^b   Geskus, Ronald B ^c   Bouts, Antonia H M ^a   Groothoff, Jaap W ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Non adherence; Renal transplantation; Transition

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEPHROLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77951673826     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp684     Document Type: Article

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