The expanded criteria donor dilemma in cadaveric renal transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1940-1945

  Schnitzler, Mark A ^a   Whiting, James F ^b   Brennan, Daniel C ^a   Lin, Grace ^a   Chapman, Will ^a   Lowell, Jeffrey ^a   Boxerman, Stuart ^a   Hardinger, Karen L ^c   Kalo, Zoltan ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DATA BASE; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REGISTER; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038112247     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000076381.16276.1B     Document Type: Article

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