Patients' attitudes about living donor transplantation and living donor nephrectomy

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 849-858

  Pradel, Françoise G ^a,b   Limcangco, M Rhona ^a   Mullins, C Daniel ^a   Bartlett, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Donor; Kidney donation; Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy; Recipient

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0037382665     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6386(03)00033-7     Document Type: Article

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