Double renal allografts successfully increase utilization of kidneys from older donors within a single organ procurement organization

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1581-1583

  Johnson, Lynt B ^a,b   Kuo, Paul C ^a   Schweitzer, Eugene J ^a   Ratner, Lloyd E ^c   Klassen, David K ^a   Hoehn Saric, Edward W ^a   Dela Torre, Andrew ^a   Weir, Matthew R ^a   Strange, Julie ^d   Bartlett, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Transplant Rsrc Center of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 8044221528     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199612150-00009     Document Type: Article

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