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. 2024 Jul 14;6(8):100864.
doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2024.100864. eCollection 2024 Aug.

Kidney Transplant in Children: Strategic Timing During Summer School Breaks

Lindsey M Maclay  1 , Lloyd Ratner  2 , P Rodrigo Sandoval  2 , Miko Yu  1 , Sumit Mohan  1 , Syed Ali Husain  1
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Kidney Transplant in Children: Strategic Timing During Summer School Breaks

Lindsey M Maclay et al. Kidney Med. .
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Figure 1
Living donor versus deceased donor kidney transplants for US kidney transplant recipients by week of year, 2001-2022. (A) Kidney transplants among school-age recipients, 6-17 years. (B) Kidney transplants among pre-school aged recipients, ≤5 years. (C) Kidney transplants among adults, 18-65 years.
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Figure 2
Kidney transplants among school-age recipients (age 6-17 years) by pretransplant dialysis status. (A) Living donor kidney transplants. (B) Deceased donor kidney transplants.
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