Iranian Living Related Donors: Motivation for Kidney Donation
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چکیده
The best treatment option for chronic renal failure is kidney transplant [1] whose success depends on donor-recipient human leukocyte antigens (HLA) compatibility [2]. The risk of transplant rejection is much lower once there is a blood relationship between donor and recipient. Therefore, family donor kidney transplant (FDKT) is among the most ideal treatment options which significantly improve post-transplant quality of life [3]. Studies have shown that compared with non-FDKT, FDKT is associated with reduced need for immunosuppressive therapy and greater survival rate [4,5]. Moreover, FDKT lasts longer than deceased-donor transplants [6]. Consequently, physicians emphasize greatly on performing FDKT than non-FDKT [7]. The results of a study in Iran indicated that post-FDKT quality of life and health status were significantly better than non-FDKT [8].
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