Access to kidney transplantation in France of non-French patients and French patients living in overseas territories

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1147-1152

  Cantrelle, Christelle ^a   Laurens, Chantal ^a   Luciolli, Esmeralda ^a   Loty, Bernard ^a   Tuppin, Philippe ^a,b  

^a Agence de la Biomedecine   (France)

^b Agence de la Biomedecine   (France)

Author keywords

Foreigners; HLA; Ischemia; Kidney transplantation; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33646765261     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000205182.96861.3a     Document Type: Article

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