Kidney transplantation in Libya: A north African and middle eastern perspective

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 425-428

  Ehtuish, Ehtuish F ^a   Abouna, George M ^a,b,c   Shebani, Abdul Hafid A ^a   Abdulmola, Tamer S ^a   Shawesh, Tayeb Z ^a  

^a TRIPOLI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Living donor transplantation; Mini incision open donor nephrectomy; New program; Steroid free immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; CADAVER DONOR; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DONOR SELECTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; LIVING DONOR; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NEPHRECTOMY; NORTH AFRICA; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETRACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIBYA; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745602192     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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