Open AccessKidney Transplant Chains Amplify Benefit of Nondirected Donors
Author(s) -
Marc L. Melcher,
Jeffrey L. Veale,
Basit Javaid,
David B. Leeser,
Connie L. Davis,
Garet Hil,
John Milner
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/2013.jamasurg.25
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , surgery
Despite the potential for altruistic nondirected donors (NDDs) to trigger multiple transplants through nonsimultaneous transplant chains, concerns exist that these chains siphon NDDs from the deceased donor wait list and that donors within chains might not donate after their partner receives a transplant.
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