Editorial: Living donor kidney donation in the United States: Quo vadis?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1345-1346

  Danovitch, G ^a   Veale, J ^a   Hippen, B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Metrolina Nephrology Associates   (United States)

^c CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney allocation; Living donor exchange; Living donor transplantation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP O; CADAVER KIDNEY; DONOR SELECTION; EDITORIAL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ETHICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; NOTE;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVING DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952945506     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03097.x     Document Type: Editorial

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