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SUBMITTER: Al Ammary F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591087 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20190208 7
In the United States, kidney donation from international (noncitizen/nonresident) living kidney donors (LKDs) is permitted; however, given the heterogeneity of healthcare systems, concerns remain regarding the international LKD practice and recipient outcomes. We studied a US cohort of 102 315 LKD transplants from 2000-2016, including 2088 international LKDs, as reported to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. International LKDs were more tightly clustered among a small number of c ...[more]