Renal retransplantation of children: Is a policy 'first cadaver donor, then live donor' an acceptable option?

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 179-186

  De Meester, Johan ^a,c   Smits, J M A ^a   Offner, G ^b   Persijn, G G ^a  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cadaveric donor; Live donor; Pediatric renal transplantation; Retransplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CHILD; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REOPERATION;

ADOLESCENT; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0034965565     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2001.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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