The outcomes and controversies of transplant tourism-Lessons of an 11-year retrospective cohort study from Taiwan.
Transplant tourism has increased rapidly in the past two decades, accounting for about 10% of world organ transplants. However it is ethically controversial and discouraged by professional guidelines. We conducted this study to investigate the outcomes and trends of overseas kidney and liver transpl...
Main Authors: | Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai, Shi-Wei Huang, Soren Holm, Yi-Ping Lin, Yu-Kang Chang, Chih-Cheng Hsu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5456093?pdf=render |
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