Should children ever be living kidney donors?

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 851-855

  Webb, Nicholas J A ^a   Fortune, Peter Marc ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Ethics; Guidelines; Law; Living donor

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAW; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 33749577604     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2006.00522.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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