Local impact of 1995 changes in the renal transplant allocation system

Transplantation

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 669-674

  Zachary, Andrea A ^a,b   Hart, John M ^a   Bartlett, Stephen T ^c   Burdick, James ^a   Colombani, Paul ^a   Ratner, Lloyd E ^a   Leffell, Mary S ^a  

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

^b Immunogenetics Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CAUCASIAN; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030974977     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199703150-00010     Document Type: Article

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