Donor Gender Balance in a Living-Related Kidney Transplantation Program in Oman

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 803-806

  Mohsin, N ^a   Budruddin, M ^a   Khalil, M ^a   Pakkyarra, A ^a   Jha, A ^a   Mohammed, E ^a   Kamble, P ^a   Ahmed, H ^b   Militsala, E ^b   Prabhakar, N A ^c   Al Marhuby, H ^c   Ahmed, J ^b   Daar, A ^d  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^c Bausher Dialysis Center   (Oman)

^d at the University of Toronto Wagner is also a faculty member of the Canadian Medical Associations' Physician Management Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OMAN; SEX RATIO; SIBLINGS;

EID: 34248517193     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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