Utilizing list exchange and nondirected donation through 'chain' paired kidney donations

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2694-2705

  Roth, A E ^a,f   Sonmez T ^b   Unver M U ^c   Delmonico, F L ^d   Saidman, S L ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d New England Organ Bank   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney exchange; Kidney transplantation; List exchange; Non directed donor; Optimal matching; Paired kidney donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SIMULATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEWIS BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 33749997423     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01515.x     Document Type: Article

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