Serum β 2-microglobulin at discharge predicts mortality and graft loss following kidney transplantation

Kidney International

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 810-817

  Astor, Brad C ^a   Muth, Brenda ^a   Kaufman, Dixon B ^a   Pirsch, John D ^a   Michael Hofmann, R ^a   Djamali, Arjang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney graft function; kidney graft survival; kidney transplantation; outcomes

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTIMATED GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84885318037     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2013.172     Document Type: Article

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