Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
ESCI-ISI SCOPUS (2014-2023)
2054-3581
Cơ quản chủ quản: SAGE Publications Inc. , SAGE Publications Ltd
Lĩnh vực:
Nephrology
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First Canadian Case Report of Kidney Transplantation From an HIV-Positive Donor to an HIV-Positive RecipientRationale: Kidney transplantation has become standard of care for carefully selected patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era. American and European prospective cohort studies have reported similar patient and graft survival compared with HIV-negative...
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The Canadian Experience Using the Expanded Criteria Donor Classification for Allocating Deceased Donor Kidneys for TransplantationBackground: Although the outcomes of transplantation with expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys are inferior to non-ECD transplants in the USA, the impact of the ECD classification on Canadian kidney transplant recipients is not known. Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess the perf...
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