Outcomes of simultaneous liver/kidney transplants are equivalent to kidney transplant alone: A preliminary report

Transplantation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-60

  Hanish, Steven I ^a   Samaniego, Milagros ^b   Mezrich, Joshua D ^c   Foley, David P ^c   Leverson, Glen E ^c   Lorentzen, David F ^d   Sollinger, Hans W ^c   Pirsch, John D ^c   D'Alessandro, Anthony M ^c   Fernandez, Luis A ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute cellular rejection; Antibody mediated rejection.; Kidney transplant outcomes; Simultaneous liver kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SIMULTANEOUS LIVER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954621517     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181e17014     Document Type: Article

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