Journal article
Age, Gender, Race, and Associations With Kidney Failure Following Living Kidney Donation
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Our previous reports suggested that African Americans (AA) are more likely to develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD) following kidney donation when compared with white counterparts. We sought information on age, gender, and race of kidney donors to determine which groups were over-represented on the kidney transplant waiting list.
METHODS: We queried the United Network for Organ Sharing United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) …
Authors
Gibney EM; Parikh CR; Garg AX
Journal
Transplantation Proceedings, Vol. 40, No. 5, pp. 1337–1340
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2008
DOI
10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.03.104
ISSN
0041-1345