Recipient-related predictors of kidney transplantation outcomes in the elderly

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 436-443

  Hatamizadeh, Parta ^a,b   Molnar, Miklos Z ^a,c,d   Streja, Elani ^a   Lertdumrongluk, Paungpaga ^a   Krishnan, Mahesh ^e   Kovesdy, Csaba P ^f,g   Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e DAVITA INC   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Graft failure; Kidney transplantation; Longevity; Mortality; Senior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; DONOR; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878659914     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12106     Document Type: Article

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