Renal Allograft Allocation for Children: Are We Penalizing Children to Not Penalize Adults?

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1145-1146

  Nashan, Björn ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 2342584732     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200404270-00003     Document Type: Note

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