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Predictors of Graft Failure and Death in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients

Arman Faravardeh, Mie K. Eickhoff, Scott Jackson, Richard Spong, Aleksandra Kukla, Naim Issa, Arthur J. Matas, Hassan N. Ibrahim

Transplantation · 2013 · 88 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

The overall outcomes of transplantation in elderly kidney transplant recipients ages ≥65 years are excellent, but the risk factors for mortality and graft failure are distinctly different than those observed in younger recipients.

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A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation

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Comparison of Mortality in All Patients on Dialysis, Patients on Dialysis Awaiting Transplantation, and Recipients of a First Cadaveric Transplant

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Renal Transplantation in Elderly Patients Older Than 70 Years of Age: Results From the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients

Panduranga S. Rao, Robert M. Merion, Valarie B. Ashby et al. · Transplantation · 2007 · 453 citations

Half of Kidney Transplant Candidates Who Are Older than 60 Years Now Placed on the Waiting List Will Die before Receiving a Deceased-Donor Transplant

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Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation From Older Living Donors to Older Recipients

Jagbir Gill · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 2008 · 164 citations

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