New data suggest that the survival of elderly kidney transplant recipients is better than that of the general elderly population. These findings draw attention to the growing category of elderly patients with end-stage renal disease who require an enhanced depiction of their risk profile for renal transplantation.
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Furian, L., Rigotti, P. Optimizing outcomes in elderly kidney transplant recipients. Nat Rev Nephrol 9, 382–384 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2013.105
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