Change in mortality risk over time in young kidney transplant recipients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2432-2442

  Foster, B J ^a,b,c   Dahhou, M ^b   Zhang, X ^b   Platt, R W ^b,c   Hanley, J A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac disease in transplantation; Cardiac mortality; Outcomes; Pediatric kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 84857194782     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03691.x     Document Type: Article

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