Changes in pediatric renal transplantation after implementation of the revised deceased donor kidney allocation policy

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1237-1242

  Agarwal, S ^a   Oak, N ^b   Siddique, J ^c   Harland, R C ^c   Abbo, E D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Donation rates; Donor age; Health policy; Kidney allocation; Kidney transplantation; Organ donation; Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network; Organ procurement systems; Pediatric kidney transplantation; Policy analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ADULT; CADAVER; CHILD; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 65249157111     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02608.x     Document Type: Article

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