Temporal changes in deceased kidney donor characteristics in Australia
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Temporal Changes in Deceased Kidney Donor Characteristics in Australia
BACKGROUND Demand for deceased donor kidneys has exceeded supply in Australia over the past 2 decades. With a desire to use as many donor organs as possible, the health characteristics of accepted donors may have changed over time. METHODS All deceased kidney donors actually transplanted in Australia between January 1, 1994, and December 31, 2013, were retrospectively analyzed, using data fro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1444-0903
DOI: 10.1111/imj.2_13457