Living Kidney Donor Profile Index: Utility and Limitations
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Living donor kidney transplantation: the donor profile in Trinidad and Tobago.
OBJECTIVE The National Organ Transplant Unit (NOTU) of Trinidad and Tobago, first implemented in January 2006, was mandated to facilitate renal and corneal transplantation. Since then, 60 transplants have been performed utilizing living kidney donors. The aim of this study is to ascertain the typical donor profile and to highlight the safety involved with live kidney donation. SUBJECTS AND ME...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Transplantation
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1600-6135
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13727