Evaluation of the Eurotransplant Senior Program. The results of the first year

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 664-670

  Smits, Jacqueline M A ^a   Persijn, Guido G ^a   Van Houwelingen, Hans C ^b   Claas, Frans H J ^b   Frei, Ulrich ^c  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age matching; Cadaveric renal transplantation; Expanded criteria donor; Old for old allocation; Waiting list management

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0036705521     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20713.x     Document Type: Article

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