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Some Interesting Stories From The Iranian Model of Kidney Transplantation

Hamid Tayebi Khosroshahi, Bahar Bastani
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Abstract

In this short communication we briefly discuss some aspects of organ shortage for transplantation with a brief characterization of the Iranian model of kidney transplantation, and we present 3 interesting stories related to this model.


Keywords

Kidney transplantation, ESRD, incentive payment, organ shortage

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22037/uj.v0i0.5440

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