Racial differences in determinants of live donor kidney transplantation in the United States

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1557-1565

  Purnell, T S ^a,b   Xu, P ^c   Leca, N ^d   Hall, Y N ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; end stage kidney disease; ethnicity; live donor kidney transplantation; race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVE DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878478340     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12258     Document Type: Article

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