Assessment of health-related quality of life in living kidney donors

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 373-375

  Maglakelidze, N ^a   Pantsulaia, T ^c   Managadze, L ^b   Chkhotua, A ^b  

^a Department of Nephrology and Dialysis ^*  (Georgia)

^b A Tsulukidze National Centre of Urology   (Georgia)

^c Georgian Association of Psychology   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIESSEN SUBJECTIVE COMPLAINTS LIST; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TUMOR; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; NEPHRECTOMY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; ZERSSEN MOOD SCALE;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79951805430     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.12.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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