Renal transplantation practice in iran and the middle east: Report from iran and a review of the literature

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-14

  Einollahi, Behzad ^a   Taheri, Saeed ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

ESRD; Iran model; Kidney; Middle east; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EGYPT; EMOTION; FRIEND; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRAN; JORDAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KUWAIT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAW; LEBANON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVING DONOR; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE EAST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; QATAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOLUNTEER; YEMEN; ARTICLE; FAMILY; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS;

FAMILY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE EAST; NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 48549094524     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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