American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 541-552 , September 2008

Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation From Older Living Donors to Older Recipients

  • Jagbir Gill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Division of Nephrology, St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jagbir Gill, MD, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, St Paul's Hospital, Providence Building, Ward 6a, 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
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  • Suphamai Bunnapradist, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • Gabriel M. Danovitch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • David Gjertson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Immunogenetics Center, Los Angeles, CA
    • ,
  • John S. Gill, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology, St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
    • ,
  • Michael Cecka, PhD

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Immunogenetics Center, Los Angeles, CA

Received 6 January 2008 ,Accepted 7 May 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.05.017 on July 28, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)00956-6

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.05.017

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 52, Issue 3 , Pages 541-552 , September 2008

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