Effect of donor-recipient age difference on graft function and survival in live-donor kidney transplantation

Autor: Wai H. Lim, Paolo Ferrari, Stephen P. McDonald, Hannah Dent
Přispěvatelé: Ferrari, Paolo, Lim, Wai, Dent, Hannah, McDonald, Stephen P
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 26:702-708
ISSN: 1460-2385
0931-0509
Popis: Background.Renaltransplantrecipientsofolderdeceaseddonorkidneyshavereduced allograft survival.However,the impact of donor–recipient age difference on live-donor kidney transplant outcomes, where donors are older than recipients, remains unclear. Methods. Using the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry, all primary live-donor kidney transplant recipients in Australia from 1991 to 2006 were studied. Donor–recipient age difference was divided into four categories (donor–recipient
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