The Incorporation of an Advanced Donation Program into Kidney Paired Exchange: Initial Experience of the National Kidney Registry

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2712-2717

  Flechner, S M ^a   Leeser, D ^b   Pelletier, R ^c   Morgievich, M ^d   Miller, K ^e   Thompson, L ^b   McGuire, S ^f   Sinacore, J ^g   Hil, G ^g  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g National Kidney Registry Babylon   (United States)

Author keywords

donors and donation: living, ethics; donors and donation: paired; exchange; kidney transplantation: living donor

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED DONATION PROGRAM; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP B; BLOOD GROUP O; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK SCHEDULE; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; DONOR SELECTION; LIVING DONOR; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84941932847     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13339     Document Type: Article

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