Kidney donation after circulatory death in a country with a high number of brain dead donors: 10-year experience in Belgium

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 857-866

  Jochmans, Ina ^a   Darius, Tom ^b   Kuypers, Dirk ^a   Monbaliu, Diethard ^a   Goffin, Eric ^b   Mourad, Michel ^b   Ledinh, Hieu ^c   Weekers, Laurent ^c   Peeters, Patrick ^d   Randon, Caren ^d   Bosmans, Jean Louis ^e   Roeyen, Geert ^e   Abramowicz, Daniel ^f   Hoang, Anh Dung ^f   De Pauw, Luc ^b   Rahmel, Axel ^g   Squifflet, Jean Paul ^c   Pirenne, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belgium; delayed graft function; donation after circulatory death; donation programs; kidney transplantation; risk factors

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BRAIN DEATH; COLD ISCHEMIA; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BELGIUM; BRAIN DEATH; COLD ISCHEMIA; DEATH; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84863717516     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01510.x     Document Type: Review

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