The elderly as recipients of living donor kidneys, how old is too old?

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-255

  Cooper, Matthew ^a,c   Forland, Cynthia L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; kidney; living donor; transplant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING DONOR; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79954622471     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e328344bfd6     Document Type: Article

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