The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 3 , Pages 305-309 , March 2010

Does donor race still make a difference in deceased-donor African-American renal allograft recipients?

  • Kristian L. Brown, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • Mona D. Doshi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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  • Atul Singh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
    • ,
  • Kalyani Mehta, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI
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  • Katherina Morawski, R.N., B.S.N., C.N.N.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Cincotta, Pharm.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Department, Harper University Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • Miguel S. West, M.D., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Scott A. Gruber, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Section of Transplant Surgery, Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: + 1 313 745 7319; fax: + 1 313 993 0595

Received 27 July 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00684-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.025

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 199, Issue 3 , Pages 305-309 , March 2010

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