Demographic, psychosocial and health disparities between living and deceased renal allograft recipients in Switzerland

BACKGROUND Living donor renal transplantation is widely performed in Switzerland with a superior long-term outcome and lower waiting time compared with deceased renal transplantation. However the chances of receiving a living donor kidney transplant are not the same for all transplant ca...

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Main Authors: Rita Achermann, Michael Koller, Sabina De Geest, Karine Hadaya, Thomas F. Müller, Uyen Huynh-Do, Manuel Pascual, Jürg Steiger, Alexander Kiss, Isabelle Binet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2021-08-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
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Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/3047