Effect of pre and post-transplant body mass index on pediatric kidney transplant outcomes

Effect of pre and post-transplant body mass index on pediatric kidney transplant outcomes

Abstract Introduction Kidney transplantation (KT) has been established as an efficient treatment of end stage renal disease (ESRD) with the advantage of allowing the patient to live a nearly healthy life. We aimed to determine whether pre-transplant body mass index (BMI) affects renal allograft func...

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Main Authors: Safaa M. Abdelrahman, Basma Samir, Eman Abobakr Abd Alazem, Noha Musa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
BMI
Obesity
Graft survival
Kidney transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03344-9

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