Could more effective use of kidneys recovered from older deceased donors result in more kidney transplants for older patients?

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 966-970

  Cecka, J Michael ^a   Cohen, Bernard ^b   Rosendale, John ^c   Smith, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

Discard; Kidney; Older Donor; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUXEMBOURG; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REVIEW; SLOVENIA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CADAVER; DONOR SELECTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33646369672     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000216284.81604.d4     Document Type: Review

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