New tools can better predict successful kidney transplant outcomes (EurekAlert!) Print

( Elsevier Health Sciences ) Because of the shortage of deceased organ donors, living donor transplantation is rapidly growing, and has the advantage of improved outcomes over deceased donor transplants. A transplant candidate may now have several potential living donors; the clinician may need to identify which donor would yield the best results. In a study published in the March 2009 issue of ...

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