Overcoming the Blues: Can Managing Depressive Symptoms Improve Access to Kidney Transplantation?

Laura C Plantinga^{1

2}, Krishnam Raju Penmatsa³, Megan Urbanski^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Health Services Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Consultant Nephrology, Queen's NRI Hospital, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Editorial

Laura C Plantinga et al. Kidney Int Rep. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 20;7(6):1153-1156.

doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.04.015. eCollection 2022 Jun.

Laura C Plantinga^{1

2}, Krishnam Raju Penmatsa³, Megan Urbanski^{2

4}

¹ Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Health Services Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Consultant Nephrology, Queen's NRI Hospital, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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