Underutilization of A2 ABO incompatible kidney transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 489-494

  Redfield, Robert R ^a   Parsons, Ronald F ^a   Rodriguez, Eduardo ^a   Mustafa, Moiz ^a   Cassuto, James ^a   Vivek, Kumar ^a   Noorchashm, Hooman ^a   Naji, Ali ^a   Levine, Matthew H ^a   Abt, Peter L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A2 blood group kidney; ABO incompatible transplantation; Kidney transplantation; Long term graft outcomes; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP A2 ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 84862240303     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01543.x     Document Type: Article

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