Sex and Kidney Transplantation: Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Oct;28(10):2829-2831. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2017060657. Epub 2017 Jul 28.

Authors

Phyllis August¹, Manikkam Suthanthiran²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Departments of Medicine and Transplantation Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, New York paugust@med.cornell.edu.
² Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Departments of Medicine and Transplantation Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, New York, New York.

No abstract available

Keywords: gender; transplant outcomes; transplantation.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Kidney Diseases*
Kidney Transplantation*
Male
Sex Factors

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