The politics of grafting cadaver kidneys

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9025, 1996, Pages 454-455

  Starzl, Thomas E ^a   Fung, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADAVER KIDNEY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; TISSUE TYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030591662     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)03435-6     Document Type: Note

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