Characterization of waiting times in a simulation of kidney paired donation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2448-2455

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

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

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney swap; Live donor kidney transplantation; Paired kidney exchange (PKE)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; DESENSITIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RECIPIENT; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ALGORITHM; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DONOR; ETHNIC GROUP; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; METHODOLOGY; REGISTER; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; REGISTRIES; TIME; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 26044458363     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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