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Local impact of 1995 changes in the renal transplant allocation system.
Transplantation - 15 Mar 1997
Zachary A A, Hart J M, Bartlett S T, Burdick J, Colombani P, Ratner L E, Leffell M S
Abstract excerpt
In 1995, changes to the United Network for Organ Sharing renal allocation system eliminated points for certain HLA matches, increased points for waiting time and for pediatric patients, and extended the mandatory share rule to include the zero-antigen mismatch. We analyzed data, from the period December 1993 to August 1996, on 393 donors, 348 kidney-only cadaveric transplants, and 615 patients ranked first or...
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