Moving kidney allocation forward: The ASTS perspective

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1501-1506

  Freeman, R B ^a   Matas, A T ^b   Henry, M ^c   Segev, D L ^d   Kaufman, D B ^e   Roberts, J P ^f  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation policy; LYFT; Patient prefence

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; SURVIVAL TIME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649668441     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02697.x     Document Type: Review

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