Investigation of the physical and psychosocial outcomes after living kidney donation - a multicenter cohort study (SoLKiD - Safety of Living Kidney Donors)

Abstract Background Over the last years, living kidney donation (LKD) has been established for patients with endstage renal failure as an alternative to post mortem donation, which is limited by organ scarcity and long lasting waiting periods. From an ethical perspective, the increase in LKD require...

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Main Authors: Barbara Suwelack, Viktoriya Wörmann, Klaus Berger, Joachim Gerß, Heiner Wolters, Frank Vitinius, Markus Burgmer, for the German SoLKiD consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-018-0871-z