Nonsimultaneous chains and dominos in kidney- paired donation-revisited

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 984-994

  Ashlagi, I ^a   Gilchrist, D S ^b   Roth, A E ^b   Rees, M A ^c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Alliance for Paired Donation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ABO incompatibility; allosensitization; paired kidney exchange; regional sharing; simulation models; transplantation policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; DOMINO PAIRED DONATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; KIDNEY GRAFT; NONSIMULTANEOUS EXTENDED ALTRUISTIC DONOR CHAIN; ORGAN DONOR; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ALGORITHMS; ALTRUISM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DONOR SELECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79955540781     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03481.x     Document Type: Article

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