Change in Donor Profile Influenced the Percentage of Organs Transplanted From Multiple Organ Donors

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 572-575

  Meers, C ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a,b   Van Gelder, F ^b   Van Hees, D ^b   Desschans, B ^b   De Roey, J ^b   Vanhaecke, J ^b   Pirenne, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEAD INJURY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX INJURY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

BELGIUM; BRAIN DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 62849090979     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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