Quality of life following organ transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-409

  Burra, Patrizia ^a,c   De Bona, Manuela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b S Maria del Prato Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Quality of life; Schooling; Sexual function; Sport; Transplantation; Work

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FAMILY STRESS; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALADJUSTMENT; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SIDE EFFECT; SPORT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

CHILD; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34047207270     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00440.x     Document Type: Review

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