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How do the programs that matches people that need kidney transplants with living donors work?
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Computer programs: Specific computer programs are available to input donor and recipient characteristics and they are used to find the best match in "paired exchage" living donor programs. Also people can be direct matches and this is done by blood tests alone.
Answered 11/6/2012
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