Prospective Age-Matching in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients—A 5-Year Analysis of the Eurotransplant Senior Program

Frei, Ulrich; Noeldeke, Jana; Machold-Fabrizii, Veronika; Arbogast, Helmut; Margreiter, R.; Fricke, Lutz; Voiculescu, Adina; Kliem, Volker; Ebel, H.; Albert, U.‐S.; Lopau, Kai; Schnuelle, Peter; Nonnast-Daniel, B.; Pietruck, Frank; Offermann, R.; G. Persijn, Guido; Bernasconi, Corrado

doi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02014.x

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Prospective Age-Matching in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients—A 5-Year Analysis of the Eurotransplant Senior Program

Published in American Journal of Transplantation • Oct 31, 2007

Authors:

Ulrich Frei

Jana Noeldeke

Veronika Machold-Fabrizii

Abstract

Renal transplantation faces challenges: the organ shortage resulting in extended waiting times and an aging population resulting in death with a functioning graft. The Eurotransplant Senior Program (ESP) allocates kidneys within a narrow geographic area from donors aged >/=65 years to recipients >/=...

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Medicine

Economic shortage

Waiting list

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