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A computer match program for paired and unconventional kidney exchanges.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Sept 2005
Kaplan Inessa, Houp Julie A, Montgomery Robert A, Leffell Mary S, Hart John M, Zachary Andrea A
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The number of renal transplants can be increased by implementing an exchange program involving donor-recipient pairs for whom the donors are each incompatible with their original patient but compatible with each other's patient. The number can be further increased if the exchanges are not limited to ABO incompatible pairs or combinations of two donor-recipient pairs. However, as the number of donor-recipient...
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