Changes in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation One Year After KAS Implementation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1834-1847

  Stewart, D E ^a   Kucheryavaya, A Y ^a   Klassen, D K ^a   Turgeon, N A ^b   Formica, R N ^c   Aeder, M I ^d  

^a UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84978887438     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13770     Document Type: Article

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