Gender Disparity in Asian-Pacific Countries: An Analysis of the ASTREG-WIT-KT Registry

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
² Centre for Renal and Transplant Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
³ Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Sciences, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Dr. HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (IKDRC-ITS), Ahmedabad, India.
⁴ Division of Urology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Urology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Adult Nephrology, National Kidney & Transplant Institute, Manila, Philippines.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
⁸ Department of Health Informatics & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
⁹ KOTRY Foundation, Seoul, South Korea.
¹⁰ Department of Renal Medicine, University of Medicine (I), Yangon, Myanmar.
¹¹ Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
¹² Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
¹³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
¹⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, South Korea.

Miyeun Han et al. Transplantation. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 1;107(1):1-5.

doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004223. Epub 2022 Dec 8.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
² Centre for Renal and Transplant Research, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
³ Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Sciences, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Dr. HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (IKDRC-ITS), Ahmedabad, India.
⁴ Division of Urology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Urology, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taiwan.
⁶ Division of Adult Nephrology, National Kidney & Transplant Institute, Manila, Philippines.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea.
⁸ Department of Health Informatics & Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
⁹ KOTRY Foundation, Seoul, South Korea.
¹⁰ Department of Renal Medicine, University of Medicine (I), Yangon, Myanmar.
¹¹ Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
¹² Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
¹³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
¹⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, South Korea.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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