Expanding kidney paired donation through participation by compatible pairs

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2361-2370

  Gentry, S E ^a,b   Segev, D L ^a   Simmerling, M ^c   Montgomery, R A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistically unbalanced exchange; Blood type incompatibility; Donor exchange; Incompatible donors; Live donor kidney transplantation; Paired kidney exchange

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CHILD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34548336913     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01935.x     Document Type: Article

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