Increasing transplantability in Brazil: time to discuss Kidney Paired Donation

Abstract Introduction: Kidney transplantation (KT) is the best treatment for chronic kidney disease. In Brazil, there are currently more than 26 thousand patients on the waitlist. Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) offers an incompatible donor-recipient pair the possibility to exchange with another pair...

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Main Authors: Juliana Bastos, David José de Barros Machado, Elias David-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia 2021-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Nephrology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-28002021005085301&tlng=en