Association between age and graft failure rates in young kidney transplant recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1237-1243

  Foster, Bethany J ^a,b,c   Dahhou, Mourad ^b   Zhang, Xun ^b   Platt, Robert W ^a,b,c   Samuel, Susan M ^d   Hanley, James A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Kidney allograft; Pediatric; Transition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855212739     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31823411d7     Document Type: Article

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