Kidney transplantation in the elderly

Byung Hwa Park; Song Yi Kil; Ye Na Kim; Ho Sik Shin; Yeonsoon Jung; Hark Rim

doi:10.3904/kjim.2024.089

The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (Nov 2024)

Kidney transplantation in the elderly

Byung Hwa Park,
Song Yi Kil,
Ye Na Kim,
Ho Sik Shin,
Yeonsoon Jung,
Hark Rim

Affiliations

Byung Hwa Park: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Song Yi Kil: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Ye Na Kim: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Ho Sik Shin: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Yeonsoon Jung: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Hark Rim: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gospel Hospital, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2024.089
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 39, no. 6
pp. 875 – 881

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Interest in kidney transplant studies in the elderly population is increasing as more research has been conducted on the immune system. With this review, we hope to encourage the need for research on kidney transplantation in the elderly.

Published in The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

ISSN: 1226-3303 (Print); 2005-6648 (Online)
Publisher: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://www.kjim.org/

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