Rates of renal transplantations in the elderly-data from Europe and the US

Transplantation Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 193-196

  Sørensen, Søren Schwartz ^a  

^a International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UREMIA; AGED; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; EUROPE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960435418     PISSN: 0955470X     EISSN: 15579816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2015.04.005     Document Type: Review

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