Racial differences in outcomes of the evaluation of potential live kidney donors: A retrospective cohort study

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 409-415

  Weng, Francis L ^a,b   Dhillon, Navdeep ^a   Lin, Yong ^b   Mulgaonkar, Shamkant ^a   Patel, Anup M ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; Live kidney donation; Medical evaluation; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859808892     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337949     Document Type: Article

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