Indigenous australians and living kidney donation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1513-1516

  Rogers, Natasha M ^a   Lawton, Paul D ^b   Jose, Matthew D ^c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AUSTRALIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALIA; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349854765     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0905777     Document Type: Letter

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