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Editorial
. 2017 Sep 7;12(9):1383-1385.
doi: 10.2215/CJN.07150717. Epub 2017 Aug 17.

Moving from Intuition to Data: Building the Evidence to Support and Increase Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Krista L Lentine  1 , Didier Mandelbrot  2
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Editorial

Moving from Intuition to Data: Building the Evidence to Support and Increase Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Krista L Lentine et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Intuition; Living Donors; disparities; kidney; kidney transplantation; living donation; systematic review.

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Focal points for future research to define effective strategies for increasing access to living donor kidney transplantation.
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