Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 41, Issue 9 , Pages 3545-3550 , November 2009

Medical Follow-up of Living Kidney Donors by 1 Year After Nephrectomy

  • P.P. Reese

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Peter P. Reese, MD, MSCE, Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1 Founders Building, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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  • M.K. Simon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • J. Stewart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • R.D. Bloom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 Dr. Reese is supported by grant K23-DK078688-01 from the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0041-1345(09)01429-8

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.04.016

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 41, Issue 9 , Pages 3545-3550 , November 2009

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