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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
Cameron, J. S. Kidney Failure: The Facts. New York: OxfordUniversity Press, 1999.
Finn, Robert, ed., et al. Organ Transplants: Making the Most ofYour...
Gift of Life. Cambridge, MA: O'Reilly Publishing, 2000.
Mitch, William, and Saulo Klahr, eds. Handbook of Nutrition and the Kidney, 4th edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 2002.
Parker, James, and Philip Parker, eds. The 2002 Official PatientSourcebook on Kidney Failure. San Diego: Icon Health Publications, 2002.
University Renal Research and Education Associates(URREA); United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). 2002 Annual Report of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients: Transplant Data 1992–2001. Rockville, MD: HHS/HRSA/OSP/DOT, 2003.
U.S. Renal Data System. USRDS 2002 Annual Data Report.Bethesda, MD: The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2003.
PERIODICALS
Waller, J. R., et al. "Living Kidney Donation: A Comparison ofLaparoscopic and Conventional Open Operations."Postgraduate Medicine Journal 78, no. 917 (March 2002): 153.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Association of Kidney Patients. 3505 E. FrontageRd., Suite 315, Tampa, FL 33607. (800) 749-2257. info@aakp.org.
American Kidney Fund (AKF). Suite 1010, 6110 ExecutiveBoulevard, Rockville, MD 20852. (800) 638-8299. helpline@akfinc.org.
National Kidney Foundation. 30 East 33rd St., Suite 1100,New York, NY 10016. (800) 622-9010.
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). 700 North 4th St.,Richmond, VA 23219. (888) 894-6361.
United States Renal Data System (USRDS). USRDS Coordinating Center, 914 S. 8th St., Suite D-206, Minneapolis, MN 55404. (612) 347-7776.
OTHER
Infant Kidney Transplantation. Lucille Packard Children's Hospital. 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304. (650) 497-8000.
A Patient's Guide to Kidney Transplant Surgery. University ofSouthern California Kidney Transplant Program.
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Kidney transplantation or renal transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney in a patient with end-stage renal disease. Kidney transplantation is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the recipient organ. Living-donor renal transplants are further characterized as genetically related (living-related) or non-related (living-unrelated) transplants, depending on whether a biological relationship exists between the donor and recipient.
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