Transplantation tourism: High risk for the recipients

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-838

  Yakupoǧlu, Yarkin K ^a   Ozden, Ender ^a   Dilek, Melda ^a   Demirbas, Alper ^b   Adibelli, Zelal ^a   Sarikaya, Saban ^a   Akpolat, Tekin ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Medical Park Antalya Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Commercial renal transplantation; Complications; Kidney transplantation; Organ trafficking; Transplant tourism

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DACLIZUMAB; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EGYPT; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; EGYPT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 78649817900     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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