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Racial Disparities in Kidney Graft Survival: Does Donor Quality Explain the Difference?
Author(s) -
Patzer R. E.,
Pearson T. C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04093.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , kidney transplantation , referral , health care , family medicine , health equity , gerontology , kidney disease , public health , pathology , law , political science
Deceased donor kidney quality explains little of the racial differences in allograft survival, and opportunities remain to address racial disparities in kidney transplantation. See article by Cannon et al on page 1776.