Paired kidney donations to expand the living donor pool: The Western Australian experience

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 700-703

  Ferrari, Paolo ^a,b   Woodroffe, Claudia ^a   Christiansen, Frank T ^c,d  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LIVING DONOR; PAIRED KIDNEY EXCHANGE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 68349089294     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02642.x     Document Type: Article

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