Import kidney offers and DonorNet: A view from the trenches

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 856-863

  Sokolich, Julio ^a   Magliocca, Joseph ^a   Kayler, Liise K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Health policy; Kidney transplantation; Kidney utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DONOR SELECTION; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; KIDNEY DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD ISCHEMIA; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83455235252     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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