Long-term follow-up of living kidney donors: Quality of life after donation

Transplantation

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 717-721

  Johnson, Eric M ^a   Anderson, J Kyle ^a   Jacobs, Cheryl ^a   Suh, Gina ^a   Humar, Abhinav ^a   Suhr, Benjamin D ^a   Kerr, Stephen R ^a   Matas, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033559041     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199903150-00013     Document Type: Article

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