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Investigating kidney donation as a risk factor for hypertension and microalbuminuria: findings from the Swiss prospective follow-up of living kidney donors

OBJECTIVES: To assess the role of nephrectomy as a risk factor for the development of hypertension and microalbuminuria. DESIGN: Prospective, long-term follow-up study. SETTING: Swiss Organ Living-Donor Health Registry. PARTICIPANTS: All living kidney donors in Switzerland between 1993 and 2009. INT...

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Autores principales: Thiel, Gilbert T, Nolte, Christa, Tsinalis, Dimitrios, Steiger, Jürg, Bachmann, Lucas M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27006347
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010869