Living donor exchange programs in renal transplantation: A paradigm ready for broad implementation

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 597-599

  Kute, Vivek B ^a   Gumber, Manoj R ^a   Dhananjay, K L ^a   Vanikar, Aruna V ^a   Yadav, Dinesh K ^a   Patel, Mohan P ^a   Patel, Himanshu V ^a   Shah, Pankaj R ^a   Trivedi, Hargovind L ^a  

^a Dr HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences IKDRC ITS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESENSITIZATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LIVING DONOR; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84880744826     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-012-0204-2     Document Type: Letter

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