Transplantation of kidneys from donors at increased risk for blood-borne viral infection: recipient outcomes and patterns of organ use.

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Published in Am J Transplant on August 21, 2009

Authors

P P Reese1, H I Feldman, D A Asch, S D Halpern, E A Blumberg, A Thomasson, J Shults, R D Bloom

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Renal Division, Center for Clniical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, PA, USA. peter.reese@uphs.upenn.edu

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