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

A. Wolfe, Robert; B. Ashby, Valarie; L. Milford, Edgar; Ojo, Akinlolu; E. Ettenger, Robert; Y. Agodoa, Lawrence; J. Held, Philip; K. Port, Friedrich

doi:10.1056/nejm199912023412303

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

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Dec 2, 1999

Authors:

Robert A. Wolfe

Valarie B. Ashby

Edgar L. Milford

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: The extent to which renal allotransplantation - as compared with long-term dialysis - improves survival among patients with end-stage renal disease is controversial, because those selected for transplantation may have a lower base-line risk of death. In an attempt to distingu...

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Medicine

Dialysis

Transplantation

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