Predicting potential survival benefit of renal transplantation in patients with chronic kidney disease

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 666-672

  Van Walraven, Carl ^a,b,c   Austin, Peter C ^c   Knoll, Greg ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DIALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME OF DEATH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77953303632     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091661     Document Type: Article

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