Commercialization of kidney transplants: A systematic review of outcomes in recipients and donors

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 744-754

  Sajjad, Imran ^a   Baines, Lyndsay S ^b   Patel, Prem ^c   Salifu, Moro O ^d   Jindal, Rahul M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SARCorp   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial kidney transplants; Commercial transplants, risks; Kidney transplantation, literature search; Kidney transplants, outcomes in recipients and donors; Medical tourism

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

CLINICAL TRIAL; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51149111232     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000128606     Document Type: Review

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