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Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA. kasis001@umn.edu
Authors
Anderson-Haag T, Cosio FG, Ibrahim HN, Kalil RS, Kasiske BL, Kimmel PL, Kraus ES, Nogueira JM, Pesavento TE, Posselt AA, Rabb HH, Steffes MW, Weir MR
Studies
Citation
Kasiske BL, Anderson-Haag T, Ibrahim HN, Pesavento TE, Weir MR, Nogueira JM, Cosio FG, Kraus ES, Rabb HH, Kalil RS, Posselt AA, Kimmel PL, Steffes MW. A prospective controlled study of kidney donors: baseline and 6-month follow-up. Am J Kidney Dis 2013 Sep;62(3):577-86. Epub 2013 Mar 22.Abstract
Most previous studies of living kidney donors have been retrospective and have lacked suitable healthy controls. Needed are prospective controlled studies to better understand the effects of a mild reduction in kidney function from kidney donation in otherwise healthy individuals.