Renal function following living, standard criteria deceased and expanded criteria deceased donor kidney transplantation: Impact on graft failure and death

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 179-191

  Schnitzler, Mark A ^a   Lentine, Krista L ^a   Gheorghian, Adrian ^a   Axelrod, David ^b   Trivedi, Digisha ^c   L'Italien, Gilbert ^c,d  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

glomerular filtration rate; graft failure; kidney transplantation; mortality; regression analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856008490     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2011.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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