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

Transplantation · 2007 · Vol. 83(8) · pp. 1069–1074

Panduranga S. Rao✉(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)Robert M. Merion(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)Valarie B. Ashby(University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)Friedrich K. Port(Arbor Research Collaborative for Health)Robert A. Wolfe(Arbor Research Collaborative for Health)Liise K. Kayler(University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

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Abstract

Transplantation offers a significant reduction in mortality compared with dialysis in the wait-listed elderly population with end-stage renal disease.

Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Organ Donation and Transplantation Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicineTransplantationDialysisPopulationProportional hazards modelHazard ratioEnd stage renal diseaseInternal medicineKidney transplantationDisease

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AgedFemaleGraft RejectionGraft SurvivalHumansMalePatientsRegistriesRisk FactorsTime FactorsSurvival RateKidney TransplantationAge Distribution

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