Impact of the expanded criteria donor allocation system on the use of expanded criteria donor kidneys

Transplantation

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1257-1261

  Sung, Randall S ^a,f   Guidinger, Mary K ^b   Lake, Craig D ^b   McBride, Maureen A ^c   Greenstein, Stuart M ^d   Delmonico, Francis L ^e   Port, Friedrich K ^b   Merion, Robert M ^a   Leichtman, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Univ Ren Res and Educ Assoc   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Expanded criteria donors; Kidney transplantation; Organ allocation

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18644377233     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000161225.89368.81     Document Type: Conference Paper

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