Low testosterone at time of transplantation is independently associated with poor patient and graft survival in male renal transplant recipients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1168-1171

  Shoskes, Daniel A ^a   Kerr, Hannah ^a   Askar, Medhat ^a   Goldfarb, David A ^a   Schold, Jesse ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

graft survival; hypogonadism; kidney transplantation; mortality; testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; DONOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921960540     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.03.102     Document Type: Article

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