Compensated living kidney donation in Iran: Donor's attitude and short-term follow-up

Iranian Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-39

  Rouchi, Alireza Heidary ^a   Mahdavi Mazdeh, Mitra ^b,c,d   Zamyadi, Mahnaz ^a  

^a Center for Transplantation and Special Diseases   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Kidney transplantation; Living donors; Tissue and organ procurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOTIVATION; SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTRUISM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549152939     PISSN: 17358582     EISSN: 17358604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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