Disparities in the utilization of live donor renal transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1124-1133

  Gore, J L ^a,b,c   Danovitch, G M ^c   Litwin, M S ^a,c   Pham, P T T ^c   Singer, J S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to transplantation; Kidney transplantation; Live donor transplantation; Racial and ethnic disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249089060     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02620.x     Document Type: Article

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