Living donor nephrectomy: Understanding long-term risk in minority populations

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2574-2576

  Gaston, R S ^a   Young, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; living donor; minority health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; NEPHRECTOMY; RISK; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 78649860344     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03324.x     Document Type: Editorial

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