Donor kidney exchanges

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1628-1634

  Delmonico, Francis L ^a   Morrissey, Paul E ^a   Lipkowitz, George S ^b   Stoff, Jeffrey S ^a   Himmelfarb, Jonathan ^a   Harmon, William ^a   Pavlakis, Martha ^a   Mah, Helen ^a   Goguen, Jane ^a   Luskin, Richard ^a   Milford, Edgar ^a   Basadonna, Giacomo ^a   Chobanian, Michael ^a   Bouthot, Beth ^a   Lorber, Marc ^a   Rohrer, Richard J ^a  

^a New England Organ Bank   (United States)

^b Life Choice Donor Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor; Exchanges; Kidney

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP O; DONOR KIDNEY EXCHANGE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING;

CADAVER; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; NEW ENGLAND; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 4744341750     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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