Low glomerular filtration rate in apparently healthy young individuals is an important factor preventing kidney transplantation from living kidney donors – A single-center observational study from India

Low glomerular filtration rate in apparently healthy young individuals is an important factor preventing kidney transplantation from living kidney donors – A single-center observational study from India

Background: India performed 7936 kidney transplantation operations in 2018 with living donor as the source in 85%. Identifying a living kidney donor (LKD) is difficult due to medical, social, and regulatory barriers. In addition, only a proportion of patients who volunteer may be able to donate even...

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Main Authors: Sreejith Parameswaran, Saravanan Adaikalam Kulothungan, Madhusudhanan Ponnusamy, Sivakumar Reddi, Satish Haridasan, Ramanitharan Manikandan, Priyamvada Sivan Pillai Puthenpurackal, Arjun Vazhayil, Dorairajan Narayanan Lalgudi, Sreerag Kodakkattil Sreenivasan, Jai Radhakrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Transplantation
Subjects:
india
kidney transplantation
living donors
spouses
tissue and organ procurement
Online Access:http://www.ijtonline.in/article.asp?issn=2212-0017;year=2021;volume=15;issue=4;spage=325;epage=331;aulast=Parameswaran

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