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Harvey Mysel's articles
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Barriers to Preemptive Kidney Transplantation
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What prospective kidney donors need to know
A surgeon with 20 years experience provides advice for donors
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Advances Expand Kidney Transplants
Read how new procedures are making it easier for sensitized patients to find a compatible donor and for others to be re-transplanted.
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Kidney donors have a normal life span, study finds
Potential kidney donors can stop worrying about the long-term effects such a donation might
have on their health and longevity. The first long-term study of kidney donors has found that people who give kidneys to others not only have a normal life span, they also have fewer kidney problems than the general population
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Kidney transplant get togethers may increase donation.
One Kidney is More Than Enough
Living kidney donors survive, thrive, and rarely suffer from kidney problems. Read about Anthony Thein….his transplant occurred 42 years ago, in early January, 1967. Click here to read.
An inspirational story of a 17 year old who was born without any kidneys
He’s preparing for his 3rd kidney transplant. For the full story, Click here to read.
