Living with a functioning kidney transplant at 74 yr or older: A national epidemiological study

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 681-685

  Büchler, Matthias ^a   Halimi, Jean Michel ^a   Al Najjar, Azmi ^a   Giral, Magalie ^b   Hiesse, Christian ^c   Giraudeau, Bruno ^a   Jacquelinet, Christian ^d   Nivet, Hubert ^a   Lebranchu, Yvon ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Kremlin Bicêtre ^*  (France)

^d Etablissement Francais des Greffes   (France)

Author keywords

Elderly; Immunosuppression; Kidney transplantation; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SKIN CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 8644241894     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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