Sex differences in deceased donor organ transplantation rates in the United States

Transplantation

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1278-1284

  Murugan, Raghavan ^a   Sileanu, Florentina ^a   Wahed, Abdus S ^b   Al Khafaji, Ali ^a   Singbartl, Kai ^a   Kellum, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Deceased donors; Gender; Sex; Transplantation; UNOS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855221989     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31823411bb     Document Type: Article

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