Fewer pre-emptive renal transplantations and more rejections in immigrant children compared to native Dutch and Belgian children

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2588-2593

  Tromp, Wilma F ^a   Cransberg, Karlien ^b   Van Der Lee, Johanna H ^a   Bouts, Antonia H ^a   Collard, Laure ^c   Van Damme Lombaerts, Rita ^d   Godefroid, Nathalie ^e   Van Hoeck, Koenraad J ^f   Koster Kamphuis, Linda ^g   Lilien, Marc R ^h   Raes, Ann ⁱ   Ranguelov, Nadejda ^j   Groothoff, Jaap W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^j HOP UNIV DES ENFANTS REINE FABIOLA   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Acute rejection episode; Children; Ethnicity; Immigrants; Pre emptive transplantation

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA ANTIGEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BELGIAN; BELGIUM; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTCH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUXEMBOURG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURINAME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861863690     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr628     Document Type: Article

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