The Iranian model of living renal transplantation

Kidney International

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 627-634

  Mahdavi Mazdeh, Mitra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

clinical epidemiology; ESRD; kidney transplantation; statistics; transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN;

BRAIN DEATH; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HLA TYPING; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNRELATED DONORS;

EID: 84865744012     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2012.219     Document Type: Article

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