Racial differences in access to the kidney transplant waiting list for children and adolescents with end-stage renal disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 106, Issue 4 I, 2000, Pages 756-761

  Furth, Susan L ^a,c   Garg, Pushkal P ^a   Neu, Alicia M ^a   Hwang, Wenke ^a   Fivush, Barbara A ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pediatric Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Children; Race; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033772187     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.4.756     Document Type: Article

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