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Psychosocial Evaluation of Prospective Living Kidney Donors in Qatar: A Profile of Prospective Donors, Process, and Outcomes

Transplantation Direct
Background. In Qatar, the Committee for Oversight of Living Donation (COLD) was established at Hamad Medical Corporation in 2014 to provide standardized, multidisciplinary psychosocial evaluation (PE) for prospective living kidney donors (PLKDs) and ...
Riadh A. S. Fadhil, MD, Asma Al Abdulghani, MBBS, MS, Majid Alabdulla, MD, ABPsych, Nighat A. Ajmal, MD, ABPsych, Nicoleta R. Stanciu, BSN, Sabera I. Baqi, BSN, Pratibha Ratheesh, PhD, Dominique E. Martin, PhD   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes of Iranian students about organ donation: a qualitative study

BMC Medical Ethics, 2019
Organ donation is a life-saving process for patients suffering from an advanced organ failure. A disparity between donated organs and required organs for transplantation is one of the major problems in Iran.
P. Parsa, Malihe Taheri, F. Rezapur-Shahkolai, S. Shirahmadi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Exploring barriers to organ donation in the African American communities of California [PDF]

, 2012
There are a disproportionate number of African-Americans on transplant waiting lists across the country. The outcomes of a transplant are greatly improved when the donor and the recipient are from the same ethnic group.
Law, D. R., McNiesh, Susan
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Structural analysis of the factors pertaining to attitudes toward and consciousness of organ donation : Comparison between Japanese and Americans [PDF]

, 2007
The purpose of this study is to analyze the background factors relating to opinions on organ donation through factorial and structural comparisons between Japanese and Americans.
Cleveland SE, Conesa C, Rios A, Tamirez P and Par, Donatelli LA, Geocadin RG and Willi, DuBois JM, Schmidt T, Gosen T Ikeguchi, Gross T, Martinoli S, Spagnoli G, B, Hetzer R, IKEGUCHI EIKAN, IKEGUCHI EIKAN, IKEGUCHI EKAN, IKEGUCHI GOSEN, IKEGUCHI GOSEN, Jindal RM, Joseph JT and Baines LS, Kim JR, Fisher M and Elliott D, Kleindienst A, Haupt WF and Hildebr, Lam WA and McCullough LB, Lovasik D, Matten MR, Sliepcevich EM, Sarvele, Ohwaki K, Yano E, Shirouzu M, Kobay, Rappaport ZH, Rappaport IT, Rassin M, Lowenthal M and Silner D, Rozaidi SW, Sukro J, Dan A, Templer DI, Truog RD, Robinson WM, Truog RD, Robinson WM, Velero R, Manyalich M, Wig N, Gupta P, Kailash S, 古城幸子, 川崎泰子, 升谷由美子, 星野一正, 池口豪泉   +29 more
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Surfaceome: a new era in the discovery of immune evasion mechanisms of circulating tumor cells

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
In the era of immunotherapies, many patients either do not respond or eventually develop resistance. We propose to pave the way for proteomic analysis of surface‐expressed proteins called surfaceome, of circulating tumor cells. This approach seeks to identify immune evasion mechanisms and discover potential therapeutic targets. Circulating tumor cells (
Doryan Masmoudi, Jérome Vialaret, Christophe Hirtz, Catherine Alix‐Panabières   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Associations between end stage renal disease and HLA polymorphisms in the Guangxi Zhuang population

Scientific Reports
To investigate the genetic relationship between end stage renal disease (ESRD) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles in the Guangxi Zhuang population. We performed polymerase chain reaction reversed sequence-specific oligonucleotide (PCR-rSSO) in 325
Yongfeng Pei, Haibin Li, Chengxin Huang, Yinhong Qin, Xuyong Sun   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Family discussions and demographic factors influence adolescent’s knowledge and attitude towards organ donation after brain death: a questionnaire study

BMC Medical Ethics, 2020
Background Knowledge and attitude towards organ donation are critical factors influencing organ donation rate. We aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude towards organ donation in adolescents in Austria and Switzerland.
Vanessa Stadlbauer, Christoph Zink, Paul Likar, Michael Zink   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Religion and Provision of Information on Increasing Knowledge and Changing Attitudes to Organ Donation: An Intervention Study

Journal of religion and health, 2019
One of the most significant developments in recent history has probably been organ donation and organ transplantation. They are frequently the only treatment available in certain cases.
F. Krupic
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Organ donation and transplantation - public policy and clinical perspectives [PDF]

, 2012
The book provides specialist information via chapters on public policy as well as clinical developments in organ ...
Randhawa, Gurch
core   +2 more sources

Cell‐free and extracellular vesicle microRNAs with clinical utility for solid tumors

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cell‐free microRNAs (cfmiRs) are small‐RNA circulating molecules detectable in almost all body biofluids. Innovative technologies have improved the application of cfmiRs to oncology, with a focus on clinical needs for different solid tumors, but with emphasis on diagnosis, prognosis, cancer recurrence, as well as treatment monitoring.
Yoshinori Hayashi, Janelle‐Cheri Millen, Romela Irene Ramos, Jennifer A. Linehan, Timothy G. Wilson, Dave S. B. Hoon, Matias A. Bustos   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source