Comparison of time on the deceased donor kidney waitlist versus time on the kidney paired donation registry in the Australian program

Transplant International

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1026-1031

  Ferrari, Paolo ^a,b,c   Fidler, Samantha ^c,d   Woodroffe, Claudia ^a,c   Tassone, Gabriella ^d   D'Orsogna, Lloyd ^c,d  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

computerization; kidney paired donation; matching; organ allocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECEASED DONOR WAITLIST; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HLA MATCHING; HLA TYPING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY PAIRED DONATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; REGISTRIES; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84866285024     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01541.x     Document Type: Article

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