Deceased Organ Donation in Brazil: How Can We Improve?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-402

  Medina Pestana, J O ^a   Sampaio, E M ^a   Santos, T H F ^a   Aoqui, C M ^a   Ammirati, A L ^a   Caron, D ^a   Galvao Pereira, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART ARREST; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAIN DEATH; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33847744234     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.01.030     Document Type: Article

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