Medical and non-medical factors that affect voluntary living-related kidney donation: A single-center study

Indian Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-20

  Veerappan, I ^a,c   Neelakantan, N ^b   Tamilarasi, V ^b   John, G T ^b  

^a M S RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Donor selection; living kidney donor; transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 79953771346     PISSN: 09714065     EISSN: 19983662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.75223     Document Type: Article

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