Developing organ offer and acceptance measures: When 'good' organs are turned down

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 1404-1411

  Wolfe, R A ^a   LaPorte, F B ^a   Rodgers, A M ^a   Roys, E C ^a   Fant, G ^b   Leichtman, A B ^c  

^a ARBOR RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance rates; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation; Methodology; OPTN; Organ offers; SRTR

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247185934     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01784.x     Document Type: Article

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