The Role of an Interdisciplinary Transplant Team on Living Donation Kidney Transplantation Program

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-140

  Fonouni, H ^a   Golriz, M ^a   Mehrabi, A ^a   Oweira, H ^a   Schmied, B M ^a   Muller S A ^a   Jarahian, P ^a   Tahmasbi Rad, M ^a   Esmaeilzadeh, M ^a   Tonshoff B ^a   Weitz, J ^a   Buchler M W ^a   Zeier, M ^a   Schmidt, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BRAIN DEATH; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; NEPHRECTOMY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 76749106004     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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