Race and gender are not independent risk factors of allograft loss after kidney transplantation

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-467

  McGee, Jennifer ^a   Magnus, Jeanette H ^b   Zhang, Rubin ^a,c   Florman, Sander S ^a,c   Hamm, L Lee ^a   Islam, Tareq M ^a,b   Sullivan, Karen ^a   Mruthinti, Navyata ^a   Slakey, Douglas P ^a,c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tulane Center for Abdominal Transplantation   (United States)

Author keywords

Black female recipients; Kidney allograft survival; Kidney transplantation; Outcome disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952986587     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.01.032     Document Type: Article

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