Death within the first year after kidney transplantation - An observational cohort study

Transplant International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 262-270

  Farrugia, Daniela ^a   Cheshire, James ^b   Begaj, Irena ^a   Khosla, Sajan ^a   Ray, Daniel ^a   Sharif, Adnan ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular; death; infection; kidney transplant; malignancy; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894066400     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tri.12218     Document Type: Article

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