Access to the kidney transplant waiting list: a time for reflection
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Access to the kidney transplant waiting list: a time for reflection.
The limited availability of deceased donor kidneys for transplantation in Australia continues to be a matter of concern. Analysis of registry data suggests that the current renal transplant waiting list under-represents the real demand for three reasons. Firstly, a very low proportion of dialysis patients across all age groups are wait-listed for kidney transplantation; secondly, the percentage...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1444-0903
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02730.x