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Research showed that HIV-infected waitlisted patients had significantly lower knowledge, more concerns, and lower willingness to pursue live-donor kidney transplantation than matched noninfected patients.
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Although limited to a single center and a small sample, the data suggest that HIV-infected patients who are waitlisted for kidney transplantation may need more education about the potential benefits of LDKT and may benefit from patient-centered decision support.
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This page is a summary of: Willingness to Pursue Live-Donor Kidney Transplantation Among Waitlisted Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Transplantation, March 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health,
DOI: 10.1097/tp.0b013e318282f282.
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