Utilization of elderly kidney donors (>70 Years) does not affect graft survival in the medium term

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3935-3937

  Galeano, C ^a   Marcen R ^a   Jimenez, S ^a   Rodríguez, A Fernández ^a   Sosa, H ^a   Villafruela, J J ^a   Teruel, J L ^a   Burgos, F J ^b   Quereda, C ^a  

^a Hospital Ramn y Cajal   (Spain)

^b Hospital Ramn y Cajal   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CREATININE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650467437     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.08.069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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