Paired exchange programmes can expand the live kidney donor pool

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 657-664

  Mahendran, A O ^a   Veitch, P S ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 34250324998     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5818     Document Type: Article

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