Live kidney donation: Who's at risk of a low glomerular filtration rate following donation? (Editorial)

Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 598-599

  Boudville, Neil ^a,b   Garg, Amit X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 35848945685     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2007.00883.x     Document Type: Editorial

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