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. 2023 Mar 17:11:1124453.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1124453. eCollection 2023.

Pre-emptive living donor kidney transplantation: A public health justification to change the default

Isaac Kim  1 , Umberto Maggiore  2 , Simon R Knight  3 , Reshma Rana Magar  3 , Liset H M Pengel  3 , Frank J M F Dor  1   4
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Pre-emptive living donor kidney transplantation: A public health justification to change the default

Isaac Kim et al. Front Public Health. .
No abstract available

Keywords: dialysis; end-stage kidney disease (ESKD); evidence based healthcare; kidney replacement therapy (KRT); kidney transplantation; living donor; pre-emptive; public health.

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