Transplant tourism: Outcomes of United States residents who undergo kidney transplantation overseas

Transplantation

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1658-1661

  Canales, Muna T ^a   Kasiske, Bertram L ^a,b   Rosenberg, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial renal transplantation; Kidney transplant; Medical outcomes; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIAZEPAM; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; EMPORIATRICS; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; IRAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL; TOURISM; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845926482     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000250763.52186.df     Document Type: Conference Paper

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