HLA Matching Trumps Donor Age: Donor-Recipient Pairing Characteristics That Impact Long-Term Success in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in the Era of Paired Kidney Exchange

Transplantation Direct

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2016, Pages E85-

  Milner, John ^a   Melcher, Marc L ^b   Lee, Brian ^c   Veale, Jeff ^d   Ronin, Matthew ^e   D'Alessandro, Tom ^e   Hil, Garet ^e   Fry, Phillip C ^f   Shannon, Patrick W ^f  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e National Kidney Registry Babylon   (United States)

^f BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009397981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23738731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000000597     Document Type: Article

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