Uniquely South African: Time to consider offering HIV-positive donor kidneys to HIV-infected renal failure patients?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 3 PART 1, 2008, Pages 182-183

  Venter, W D Francois ^a   Naicker, Sarala ^b   Dhai, Ames ^a   Fabian, June ^b   Wadee, Sheyab ^b   Britz, Russel ^b   Paget, Graham ^b   Meintjes, Graeme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPERINFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS-ASSOCIATED NEPHROPATHY; DONOR SELECTION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 42049090343     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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