The psychosocial impact of donating a kidney: Long-term followup from a urology based center

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1596-1601

  Schover, Leslie R ^a   Streem, Stevan B ^a   Boparai, Navdeep ^a   Duriak, Kathleen ^a   Novick, Andrew C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; kidney transplantation; quality of life; tissue donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030897073     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64803-1     Document Type: Article

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