Preemptive kidney transplantation: why, when, and how?

ABSTRACT Among renal replacement therapies, preemptive kidney transplantation (PKT) presents the best clinical, social, and economic results. However, it is still infrequently chosen as first therapy for patients with irreversible kidney failure. Initiatives in different parts of the world were deve...

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Main Authors: Ana Flávia Moura, José A. Moura-Neto, Lucio R. Requião-Moura, Álvaro Pacheco-Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2022-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002023000300357&tlng=en