A new system for kidney allocation: The devil is in the details

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2308-2309

  Bennett, William M ^a   McEvoy, Kevin M ^a  

^a LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 80052607693     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.03560411     Document Type: Article

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