Comorbidities and kidney transplant evaluation in the elderly

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 204-211

  Lenihan, Colin R ^a   Hurley, Michael P ^a   Tan, Jane C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Evaluation; Kidney transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; ROC CURVE; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885055375     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354483     Document Type: Article

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