Gender in the allocation of organs in kidney transplants: meta-analysis

OBJECTIVE To analyze whether gender influence survival results of kidney transplant grafts and patients.METHODS Systematic review with meta-analysis of cohort studies available on Medline (PubMed), LILACS, CENTRAL, and Embase databases, including manual searching and in the grey literature. The sele...

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Main Authors: Erika Vieira Almeida e Santiago, Micheline Rosa Silveira, Vânia Eloisa de Araújo, Katia de Paula Farah, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Maria das Graças Braga Ceccato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100406&lng=en&tlng=en