Recipient age and risk for mortality after kidney transplantation in England

Transplantation

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 832-838

  Karim, Asra ^a   Farrugia, Daniela ^a   Cheshire, James ^b   Mahboob, Sophia ^b   Begaj, Irena ^a   Ray, Daniel ^a   Sharif, Adnan ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Death; Kidney transplantation; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899487686     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000438026.03958.7b     Document Type: Article

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