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Trends in the inactive kidney transplant waitlist and implications for candidate survival.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Apr 2013
Grams M E, Massie A B, Schold J D, Chen B P, Segev D L
Abstract excerpt
In November 2003, OPTN policy was amended to allow kidney transplant candidates to accrue waiting time while registered as status 7, or inactive. We evaluated trends in inactive listings and the association of inactive status with transplantation and survival, studying 262,824 adult first-time KT...
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