Old donors for kidney transplantation: How old?

Gerontology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 513-520

  Cravedi, Paolo ^a   Ruggenenti, Piero ^a   Remuzzi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dual kidney transplant; Kidney transplant; Older donor

Indexed keywords

AGED; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255135561     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320720     Document Type: Review

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