Practices and barriers in long-term living kidney donor follow-up: A survey of U.S. transplant centers

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 855-860

  Mandelbrot, Didier A ^a   Pavlakis, Martha ^a   Karp, Seth J ^a   Johnson, Scott R ^a   Hanto, Douglass W ^a   Rodrigue, James R ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney donor; Living donation; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PHYSICIANS; PROTEINURIA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73249128606     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181b6dfb9     Document Type: Article

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