Outcomes of Renal Transplantation in Older High Risk Recipients: Is There an Age Effect?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-178

  Karachristos, Andreas ^a   Herrera, Argenis ^a   Sifontis, Nicole M ^b   Darrah, Justin ^a   Baribault, Craig ^a   Lee, Iris ^a   Leech, Stephen H ^a   Constantinescu, Serban ^a   Gaughan, John ^a   Jain, Ashokkumar ^a   Silva, Patricio ^a   Daller, John A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; deceased donors; elderly; high risk; kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DONOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEATH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CADAVER; CREATININE; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77951938664     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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