Attitudes toward islet cell and tissue xenotransplantation among kidney and liver patients on the transplant waiting list

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3098-3101

  Martinez Alarcon L ^a,b   Rois A ^a,b   Pons, J A ^b   Gonzalez, M J ^b   Ramis, G ^c   Ramirez, P ^a,b   Parrilla, P ^b  

^a Health Department   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77958525351     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.05.071     Document Type: Article

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