Cholelithiasis in patients on the kidney transplant waiting list

Clinics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 389-391

  Brito, André Thiago Scandiuzzi ^a   Azevedo, Luiz Sergio ^a   Nahas, Willian Carlos ^a   Matheus, André Siqueira ^a   Jukemura, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Chronic renal failure; Kidney transplant; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLELITHIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77953596680     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322010000400007     Document Type: Article

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