This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a colleague Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Request Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Csete, M. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Csete, M.

---

GENERAL ARTICLES

Gender Issues in Transplantation

From the Departments of Anesthesiology and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Marie Csete, MD, PhD, Emory Anesthesiology Labs, 1462 Clifton Rd. NE, Room 420, Atlanta, GA 30322. Address e-mail to marie.csete{at}emoryhealthcare.org.

The effects of gender mismatch in clinical transplantation have been recognized for half a century. But gender issues in clinical transplantation affect outcomes at many levels beyond immunologic concerns. Many diseases leading to transplantation are predominantly expressed in one gender. Organ donation patterns have consistently been defined by a greater tendency of women to be live donors. Access to transplantation may be affected by subtleties in the interactions of transplant personnel with women versus men candidates. In the new field of stem-cell transplantation, functional differences in male versus female adult stem cells may shed light on gender differences in outcomes for solid organ transplantation. This review highlights gender issues related to transplantation with a goal of optimizing the care of all transplant patients.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				E. S. Weiss, J. G. Allen, N. D. Patel, S. D. Russell, W. A. Baumgartner, A. S. Shah, and J. V. Conte The Impact of Donor-Recipient Sex Matching on Survival After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Analysis of 18 000 Transplants in the Modern Era Circ Heart Fail, September 1, 2009; 2(5): 401 - 408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				K. Gelb and A. W. Gelb Sex and Gender in the Perioperative Period: Wake Up to Reality Anesth. Analg., July 1, 2008; 107(1): 1 - 3. [Full Text] [PDF]