Factors Affecting the Waiting Time of Cadaveric Kidney Transplant Candidates in the United States

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 247-252

  Sanfilippo, Fred P ^a   Vaughn, William K ^b,h   Peters, Thomas G ^c   Shield, Charles F ^d   Adams, Patricia L ^e   Lorber, Marc I ^f   Williams, G Melville ^g  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c Methodist Medical Center   (United States)

^d Via Christi Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHILD; FEMALE; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; BLACKS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0026546882     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03480020057031     Document Type: Article

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