Body mass index and outcome in renal transplant recipients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lafranca, Jeffrey A ^a   IJermans, Jan N M ^a   Betjes, Michiel G H ^a   Dor, Frank J M F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INCISIONAL HERNIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOUND DEHISCENCE; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; MORBID OBESITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OBESITY, MORBID; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929153336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0340-5     Document Type: Article

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