Organ transplantation and gender differences: a paradigmatic example of intertwining between biological and sociocultural determinants

Organ transplantation, e.g., of the heart, liver, or kidney, is nowadays a routine strategy to counteract several lethal human pathologies. From literature data and from data obtained in Italy, a striking scenario appears well evident: women are more often donors than recipients. On the other hand,...

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Autores principales: Puoti, Francesca, Ricci, Andrea, Nanni-Costa, Alessandro, Ricciardi, Walter, Malorni, Walter, Ortona, Elena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27471591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-016-0088-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27471591
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-016-0088-4

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