Transplant tourism outcome: A single center experience

Transplantation

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-188

  Alghamdi, Saad A ^a   Nabi, Zahid G ^a   Alkhafaji, Dania M ^a   Askandrani, Sumaya A ^a   Abdelsalam, Mohamed S ^a   Shukri, Mohamed M ^a   Eldali, Abdelmoneim M ^a   Adra, Chaker N ^a,b   Alkurbi, Lutfi A ^a   Albaqumi, Mamdouh N ^a,c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Living unrelated kidney transplant; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SURVIVAL; TOURISM; TRANSPLANT TOURISM; TRANSPLANTATION; TUBERCULOSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CREATININE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77954956791     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181e11763     Document Type: Article

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