The mortality risk with graft function has decreased among children receiving a first kidney transplant in the United States

Kidney International

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 575-583

  Laskin, Benjamin L ^a   Mitsnefes, Mark M ^b   Dahhou, Mourad ^c   Zhang, Xun ^c   Foster, Bethany J ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; graft function; kidney transplant; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938349381     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2014.342     Document Type: Article

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