The Mode of Pretransplant Dialysis Does Not Affect Postrenal Transplant Outcomes in African Americans

The Mode of Pretransplant Dialysis Does Not Affect Postrenal Transplant Outcomes in African Americans

Background. In previous reports with a majority of Caucasian patients, peritoneal dialysis (PD) before kidney transplantation has been associated with poor outcomes and higher rates of graft thrombosis and infectious complications than hemodialysis (HD). We report our experience on the outcomes of p...

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Main Authors: Amit Sharma, Todd L. Teigeler, Martha Behnke, Adrian Cotterell, Robert Fisher, Anne King, Todd Gehr, Marc Posner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/303596
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