Priority for children in cadaveric kidney sharing: The strategy adopted in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 502-506

  Nogueira, Paulo C Koch ^a,b,d   Amaral, Alexandre S R ^a   Boni, Reginaldo ^b   Pereira, Luiz A ^c   Machado, Paula G Pinheiro ^b   Pestana, Jose O M ^b  

^a Centro Universitario Lusiada   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Ctrl Notificacao Captacao/D O   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Kidney transplantation; Organ allocation; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAZIL; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; ORGAN ALLOCATION; ORGAN DONOR; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 4644257387     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2004.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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