A comparison of populations served by kidney paired donation and list paired donation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1914-1921

  Gentry, Sommer E ^a   Segev, Dorry L ^a,b   Montgomery, Robert A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor swaps; List exchange; Paired kidney exchange

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY PAIRED DONATION; LIST PAIRED DONATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 22844438008     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00964.x     Document Type: Article

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