Kidney Exchange and the Alliance for Paired Donation: Operations Research Changes the Way Kidneys Are Transplanted
Many end-stage renal disease sufferers who require a kidney transplant to prolong their lives have a relative or friend who has volunteered to donate a kidney to them, but whose kidney is incompatible with the intended recipient. This incompatibility can sometimes be overcome by exchanging a kidney...
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Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111107 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2124-738X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8898-8778 |