The Kidney-First Initiative: What Is the Current Status of Preemptive Transplantation?

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 252-256

  Friedewald, John J ^a,b   Reese, Peter P ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Preemptive; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862847470     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: 15485609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2012.05.001     Document Type: Review

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