Commercial transplants in local Pakistanis from vended kidneys: A socio-economic and outcome study

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 615-621

  Rizvi, Syed Adibul Hasan ^a   Naqvi, Syed Ali Anwar ^a   Zafar, Mirza Naqi ^a   Mazhar, Farida ^a   Muzaffar, Rana ^a   Naqvi, Rubina ^a   Akhtar, Fazal ^a   Ahmed, Ejaz ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Outcome; Recipients; Transplants; Vended kidneys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65549100160     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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