The new kidney allocation system (KAS) and the highly sensitized patient: Expect the unexpected

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2917-

  Bray, R A ^a   Gebel, H M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODY; ALLOANTIBODY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DEATH; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HLA SYSTEM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOCATION SYSTEM; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; ORGAN DONOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIZATION; BLOOD; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSPLANTATION;

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84910624635     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12974     Document Type: Letter

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