The implications of acute rejection for allograft survival in contemporary U.S. kidney transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-376

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

^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

Acute rejection; Estimated glomerular filtration rate; Graft failure; Kidney transplantation; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84865646890     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318259407f     Document Type: Review

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