American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 834-854 , November 2007

The Dynamics of Recipient-Donor Relationships in Living Kidney Transplantation

  • Imran Sajjad, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    • ,
  • Lyndsay S. Baines, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hofstra University, Long Island, NY
    • ,
  • Moro Salifu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
    • ,
  • Rahul M. Jindal, MD, PhD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Sanford School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Rahul M. Jindal, MD, PhD, MBA, Box 40, Department of Surgery, Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11203.

Received 21 April 2007 ,Accepted 31 July 2007.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.07.029 on October 3, 2007.

PII: S0272-6386(07)01145-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.07.029

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 834-854 , November 2007

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