Gender issues in solid organ donation and transplantation

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 508-514

  Ge, Fangmin ^a,b   Huang, Tao ^c   Yuan, Shunzong ^c   Zhou, Yeqing ^d   Gong, Weihua ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SHAOXING PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Gender; Graft function; Organ donation; Transplant outcome; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LACTIC ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN; RAPAMYCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ALTRUISM; CELL INFILTRATION; CHOLESTASIS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; VASCULAR LESION;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84887243967     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.889323     Document Type: Review

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