Commercial renal transplantation - Body parts for sale

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-228

  Vathsala, A ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY SURGERY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 33745432050     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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