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Organ transplantation
The medical practice of replacing a patient's failing organ with a healthy one from a donor. Organs transplanted most often are the kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas.
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Organ transplantation
diabetes
Health care; Organ transplantation
A disease in which the pancreas does not manufacture an adequate amount of insulin. As a result, the level of sugar in the blood is too high. A leading factor in heart and kidney disease.
cirrhosis
Health care; Organ transplantation
A disease of the liver in which normal, healthy tissue is replaced with nonfunctioning fibrous scar tissue and healthy, functioning liver cells are lost; usually occurs when there is a lack of ...
glomerulonephritis
Health care; Organ transplantation
A disease or condition resulting in inflammation of the filtering cells of the kidney.
morbidity
Health care; Organ transplantation
A disease state or the incidence or frequency of a disease among a population.
end-stage organ disease
Health care; Organ transplantation
A disease that leads to the permanent failure of an organ.
Chronic Disease Research Group (CDRG)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A division of Minnesota Medical Research Foundation (MMRF). MMRF is the nonprofit research subsidiary of Hennepin Faculty Associates, the academic medical group that staffs Hennepin County Medical ...
standard criteria donor (SCD)
Health care; Organ transplantation
A donor who does not meet the criteria for DCD or ECD.
