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The living donor for kidney transplantation: a review of 100 consecutive donors

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Current Status of Clinical Organ Transplantation

Part of the book series: Developments in Surgery ((DISU,volume 5))

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The use of living related donors for transplantation was first carried out in Boston and in Paris in the early 1950’s (1). Most of these transplants were between monozygotic twins and this procedure proved highly successful and the final results gave satisfaction to both donor and recipient as well as the whole family.

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  1. P. John
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  2. M. S. A. Kumar
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  3. M. Samhan
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  4. G. M. Abouna
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  1. Department of Organ Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University and Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait City, P.O. Box 24923, Kuwait

    George M. Abouna (Professor & Chairman) & Arthur G. White (Associate Professor) (Professor & Chairman) &  (Associate Professor)

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John, P., Kumar, M.S.A., Samhan, M., Abouna, G.M. (1984). The living donor for kidney transplantation: a review of 100 consecutive donors. In: Abouna, G.M., White, A.G. (eds) Current Status of Clinical Organ Transplantation. Developments in Surgery, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5674-2_18

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