Donating kidney does not appear to significantly increase long-term risk of death
Friday, March 19, 2010 - 08:35
in Health & Medicine
An analysis of outcomes for live kidney donors in the U.S. over a 15 year period finds they have similar long-term survival rates compared to healthy individuals who were not kidney donors, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA...
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