Obesity does not portend a bad outcome for kidney transplant recipients.

Howard, Richard J; Thai, Van B; Patton, Pamela R; Hemming, Alan W; Reed, Alan I; Van der Werf, Willem J; Fujita, Shiro; Karlix, Janet L; Scornik, Juan C

Howard, Richard J; Thai, Van B; Patton, Pamela R; Hemming, Alan W; Reed, Alan I; Van der Werf, Willem J; Fujita, Shiro; Karlix, Janet L; Scornik, Juan C.

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Howard RJ; Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0286, USA.

Transplantation ; 73(1): 53-5, 2002 Jan 15.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11792977

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Body Mass Index; Graft Survival/physiology; Kidney Transplantation/physiology; Obesity/physiopathology; Adult; Aged; Cadaver; Diabetes Mellitus/epidemiology; Ethnicity; Female; Florida; Graft Rejection/epidemiology; Hospitals, University; Humans; Kidney Transplantation/mortality; Male; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications/epidemiology; Retrospective Studies; Surgical Wound Infection/epidemiology; Survival Rate; Tissue Donors; Treatment Outcome

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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Body Mass Index / Kidney Transplantation / Graft Survival / Obesity Type of study: Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Transplantation Year: 2002 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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