Long-term outcomes of kidney allografts obtained by transplant tourism: Observations from a single center in Korea

Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 672-679

  Cha, Ran Hui ^a   Kim, Yong Chul ^b   Oh, Yoon Jung ^b   Lee, Jeong Hwan ^b   Seong, Eun Young ^c   Kim, Dong Ki ^b   Kim, Suhnggwon ^b   Kim, Yon Su ^b  

^a National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

kidney transplantation; outcome; transplantation tourism

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL RATE; TOURISM; TRANSPLANT TOURISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052086904     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2011.01480.x     Document Type: Article

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