Donation after cardiac death: The University of Wisconsin experience with renal transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1490-1494

  Cooper, Jeffrey T ^a   Chin, L Thomas ^b   Krieger, Nancy R ^b   Fernandez, Luis A ^b   Foley, David P ^c   Becker, Yolanda T ^b   Odorico, Jon S ^b   Knechtle, Stuart J ^b   Kalayoglu, Munci ^b   Sollinger, Hans W ^b   D'Alessandro, Anthony M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac death donors; Non heart beating donors; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; BRAIN DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 4344701864     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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