Willingness of human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients to donate their organs for transplantation in Taiwan: a cross-sectional questionnaire survey

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• 作者：Yi-Chieh Lee ; Chien-Ching Hung ; Aristine Cheng ; Wen-Chun Liu ; Pei-Ying Wu ; Shang-Ping Yang ; Jun-Yu Zhang ; Yu-Zhen Luo ; Hsi-Yen Chang ; Hsin-Yun Sun and Shan-Chwen Chang
• 刊名：Transplant Infectious Disease
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：18
• 期：6
• 页码：856-861
• 全文大小：283K
• ISSN：1399-3062

文摘

With the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) that has significantly improved survival, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients may be potential organ donors to HIV-positive recipients in a few countries. Organ shortage remains a challenge for organ transplantation in Taiwan, where organ donation by HIV-positive patients remains prohibited by law.