Access to renal transplantation in the diabetic population-effect of comorbidities and body mass index

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Patibandla, Bhanu K ^a   Narra, Akshita ^a   Desilva, Ranil ^a   Chawla, Varun ^a   Goldfarb Rumyantzev, Alexander S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Comorbidities; Diabetes; Pre transplant evaluation; Renal transplantation access

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862269501     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2012.01661.x     Document Type: Article

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