Women with Alport syndrome: Risks and rewards of kidney donation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1369-1370

  Kashtan, Clifford E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alport syndrome; Kidney donation; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPORT SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVING DONOR; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNINEPHRECTOMY;

FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65249091927     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfn779     Document Type: Note

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