Candidacy for kidney transplantation of older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Grams, Morgan E ^a   Kucirka, Lauren M ^a   Hanrahan, Colleen F ^a   Montgomery, Robert A ^a   Massie, Allan B ^a   Segev, Dorry L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney transplantation; older adults; risk prediction; transplant outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855824310     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03652.x     Document Type: Article

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