The new Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System: report one year after implementation. Eurotransplant International Foundation.

doi:10.1097/00007890-199811150-00007

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The new Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System: report one year after implementation. Eurotransplant International Foundation.

Transplantation - 15 Nov 1998

De Meester J, Persijn G G, Wujciak T, Opelz G, Vanrenterghem Y

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BACKGROUND: Upon the availability of a cadaveric donor kidney, a delicate allocation process precedes every transplantation. A remodeled Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System (ETKAS)-derived from simulation studies-was installed in March 1996. The purpose was to adjust long waiting times and in...

Topics

Cadaver
Germany
HLA Antigens
Homozygote
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Netherlands
Phenotype
Time Factors
Tissue Donors
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Waiting Lists

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