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Living organ donation has become much more common in recent years. However, what we know about the short and long-term outcomes for living organ donors is not complete. Existing studies do not have enough people in them to be able to tell us much about the medical and emotional outcomes of donating a kidney or a lung. The main goal of this study will be to provide valuable information on the outcomes of living kidney donation and living lung donation. This information is needed to aid decisions made both by physicians and by potential donors. In order to learn more about the risks and benefits of living kidney and lung donation, the project will bring together a group of clinical transplant centers and a data coordinating center to study large numbers of people who have donated a kidney or lobe of lung for transplantation.
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