Successful three-way kidney paired donation with cross-country live donor allograft transport

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2163-2168

  Montgomery, R A ^a   Katznelson, S ^b   Bry, W I ^b   Zachary, A A ^a   Houp, J ^a   Hiller, J M ^a   Shridharani, S ^a   John, D ^b   Singer, A L ^a   Segev, D L ^a  

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

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

ABO incompatible; Incompatible kidney transplants; Kidney paired donation; Paired kidney exchange; Positive crossmatch; Shipping live donor kidneys; Triple swap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASES; REPERFUSION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 52049087383     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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