Value of the resistive index in patient and graft survival after kidney transplant

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 279-282

  Impedovo, Stefano Vittorio ^a   Martino, Pasquale ^a   Palazzo, Silvano ^a   Ditonno, Pasquale ^a   Tedeschi, Michele ^a   Giangrande, Floriana ^a   Miacola, Carlos ^a   Forte, Saverio ^a   Selvaggi, Francesco Paolo ^a   Battaglia, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler sonography; Graft survival; Kidney transplant; Patient survival; Resistive index

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; CADAVER KIDNEY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEATH; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESISTIVE INDEX; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872816161     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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