The Dutch national living donor kidney exchange program

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2302-2305

  De Klerk, Marry ^a,b   Keizer, Karin M ^b   Claas, Frans H J ^c   Witvliet, Marian ^c   Haase Kromwijk, Bernadette J J M ^b   Weimar, Willem ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Transplant Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Living donors; Paired kidney exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORGAN DONOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 26044445378     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01024.x     Document Type: Article

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