title: Quantifying risk of kidney donation: the truth is not out there (yet).
abstract: This editorial offers a counterpoint to the findings of increased mortality in living kidney donors in a study by Mjøen et al that has been widely discussed in the transplant community.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Transplantation, Kansas City, KS.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ilahe
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects*