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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
2021-12-01
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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 |