Living donor renal transplantation: Recent developments and perspectives

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-41

  Baid Agrawal, Seema ^a   Frei, Ulrich A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly donor; Elderly recipient; Expanded criteria donor; Living donor; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 33845898478     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0383     Document Type: Review

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