Kidney Transplantation from Unrelated Living Donors

Susan K. Fellner; J. Richard Thistlethwaite; Frank P. Stuart; Aaron Spital; Max Spital; Gabriel Danovitch; M. K. Mani; Andrew S. Levey; Susan H. Hou; Harry L. Bush

doi:10.1056/NEJM198609113151117

Kidney Transplantation from Unrelated Living Donors

Susan K. Fellner, J. Richard Thistlethwaite, Frank P. Stuart, Aaron Spital, Max Spital, Gabriel Danovitch, M. K. Mani, Andrew S. Levey, Susan H. Hou, Harry L. Bush

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To the Editor: Levey et al. (April 3 issue)¹ state that kidney “transplantation from unrelated donors is an acceptable practice and that for many patients on dialysis, it may be the preferred treatment.” We question some of the arguments used to support this statement. Whether or not transplantation from living unrelated donors will become an accepted or common practice, however, ultimately rests on the philosophy of the transplantation program and the recognition of the relationships between certain unrelated donors and transplant recipients. Contrary to what Levey et al. suggest, the incidence of end-stage renal disease is not rising; rather, it…

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	713-714
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	315
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198609113151117
State	Published - 11 Sep 1986
Externally published	Yes

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Kidney Transplantation from Unrelated Living Donors

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