Pediatric kidney transplant practice patterns and outcome benchmarks, 1987-2010: A report of the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-157

  Smith, Jodi M ^a   Martz, Karen ^b   Blydt Hansen, Tom D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

pediatric; renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 2; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTTRANSPLANT LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874453469     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/petr.12034     Document Type: Article

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