Expanding the kidney donor pool: Ethical and medical considerations

Kidney International

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1820-1836

  Hou, S ^a   Mital, D ^a   Orlowski, J ^a   Harrington, J T ^a   Rodby, R ^a   Jensik, S ^a   Saltzberg, S ^a   Vaca Diaz, H ^a   Griffin, K ^a   Burck, R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; End stage renal disease; Organ donation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ENALAPRIL; LISINOPRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0033802204     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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