Gender disparities in the live kidney donor evaluation process

Transplantation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1402-1407

  Tuohy, Kathryn A ^a   Johnson, Scott ^a   Khwaja, Khalid ^a   Pavlakis, Martha ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Kidney transplantation; Laparoscopic nephrectomy; Live donor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHRECTOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33845685515     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000248953.64931.15     Document Type: Review

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