Commentary
Kidney International (2009) 75, 1003–1005. doi:10.1038/ki.2009.23
The international realities of live donor kidney transplantation
Francis L Delmonico1
1Department of Surgery, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Correspondence: Francis L. Delmonico, Harvard University, Department of Surgery, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. E-mail: francis_delmonico@neob.org
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Abstract
Horvat and coauthors report on trends in living kidney transplantation in 69 countries, having assembled the data from registries, national societies, the medical literature, and direct contact with transplant centers. Assembling worldwide data on live-donor kidney transplants is a commendable accomplishment that serves the international transplant community well.
