Living donor kidney transplant in Italy: Is the underutilization justified?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 473-474

  Segoloni, G P ^a,b   Tognarelli, G ^a   Messina, M ^a   Leonardi, G ^a   Piccoli, G B ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Giovanni di Torino   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER KIDNEY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIALYSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; UREMIA; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 2042528469     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.02.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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