Effects of donor age and gender on early acute rejection episode in living related donor kidney transplantation

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 88, Issue 48, 2008, Pages 3407-3410

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Ma, Lin Lin ^a   Ma, Bin Rong ^a   Tian, Ye ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute rejection episode; Donor age; Donor sex; Graft rejection; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77954796544     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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