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Previous Volume 329:363-364 July 29, 1993 Number 5 Next

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To the Editor: Since June 1990, we have performed liver transplantations involving living related donors in 61 children with end-stage liver disease^1,2,3,4,5. A questionnaire regarding the postoperative quality of life was mailed to 34 parental donors (11 fathers and 23 mothers; average age, 33 years [range, 24 to 51]). The response rate was 100 percent. The average age of the recipients of the livers from these donors was 4 years (range, 3 months to 15 years). A minimum of six months had elapsed between transplantation and the mailing of the questionnaire.

Thirteen donors (38 percent) reported that they had . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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• Kramer, M. R., Sprung, C. L. (1995). Living Related Donation in Lung Transplantation: Ethical Considerations. Arch Intern Med 155: 1734-1738 [Abstract]