How deceased donor transplantation is impacting a decline in commercial transplantation - The Tamil Nadu experience

Transplantation

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 757-760

  Abraham, Georgi ^a,b   Reddy, Yuvaram N V ^a   Amalorpavanathan, Joseph ^c   Daniel, Dolly ^d   Roy Chaudhury, Prabir ^e   Shroff, Sunil ^f   Reddy, Yogesh ^c  

^a Madras Medical Mission ^*  (India)

^b PONDICHERRY INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c MADRAS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MOHAN Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Deceased donor; HLA

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BRAIN DEATH; CADAVER DONOR; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HLA TYPING; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SHORT SURVEY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR;

CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNRELATED DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84859639284     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182469b91     Document Type: Short Survey

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