Journal:
:nephro-urology monthly
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elham maraghi department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
abbas rahimi foroushani department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
shima younespour department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
zohreh rostami nephrology and urology research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
behzad einollahi nephrology and urology research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran
mohammad reza eshraghian department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran; department of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, p. o. box: 14155-6446, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2188989127
conclusions the major finding of this study is that one unit increase in serum creatinine level suggests an increased risk of graft failure of up to four times. patients and methods this study was carried out at the department of nephrology, baqiyatallah hospital, baqiyatallah university, tehran, iran, between april 2005 and december 2008. during that time period, 461 patients who had undergone...