Deceased donor transplantation in the elderly - Are we creating false hope?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2382-2386

  Stevens, Kathryn K ^a   Woo, Y Mun ^a   Clancy, Marc ^a   McClure, John D ^b   Fox, Jonathan G ^a   Geddes, Colin C ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deceased donor; dialysis; elderly; kidney transplant; transplant assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECEASED DONOR; DIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CADAVER; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960030547     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq826     Document Type: Article

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