Debate: PRO position. Formal assessment of donor kidney function should be mandatory

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 198-200

  Tan, Jane C ^a,d   Busque, Stéphan ^b   Ho, Bing ^c   Myers, Bryan D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DONOR SELECTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONGEVITY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DONOR SELECTION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 79951575294     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323230     Document Type: Article

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