Age-related kidney transplant outcomes health disparities amplified in adolescence

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1524-1532

  Andreoni, Kenneth A ^a,b   Forbes, Rachel ^b   Andreoni, Regina M ^c   Phillips, Gary ^b   Stewart, Heather ^d   Ferris, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oak Hall School ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DONOR; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, HEALTH; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883771686     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.8495     Document Type: Article

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