Outcomes of kidney transplant tourism in children: A single center experience

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-159

  Majid, Abdul ^a   Al Khalidi, Lina ^a   Ahmed, Bushra Q ^a   Opelz, Gerhard ^b   Schaefer, Franz ^c  

^a DUBAI HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercial organ transplantation; Developing countries; Developing world; Global pediatric nephrology; Living related; Living unrelated; Living unrelated donation; Pediatric kidney transplantation; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GANCICLOVIR; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DUBAI; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 76749160669     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1303-x     Document Type: Article

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