Transition to the adult nephrologist does not induce acute renal transplant rejection
Author(s) -
M. E. N. van den Heuvel,
J. H. van der Lee,
Marlies Cornelissen,
Fréderike J. Bemelman,
A. J. Hoitsma,
Ronald B. Geskus,
Antonia H. Bouts,
Jaap W. Groothoff
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfp684
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , cohort , nephrology , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , relative risk , cohort study , kidney transplantation , survival analysis , surgery
In spite of the overall increased renal graft survival, long-term allograft survival has remained least successful in adolescent recipients. A major change in their care is the transition from the paediatric to the adult nephrology unit.
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