Effect of the Obesity Epidemic on Kidney Transplantation: Obesity Is Independent of Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Adverse Renal Transplant Outcomes

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a growing epidemic in most developed countries including the United States resulting in an increased number of obese patients with end-stage renal disease. A previous study has shown that obese patients with end-stage renal disease have a survival benefit with transplantation...

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Autores principales: Kwan, Jennifer M., Hajjiri, Zahraa, Metwally, Ahmed, Finn, Patricia W., Perkins, David L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27851743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165712

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27851743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165712

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