A 34-year-old member asked:
Can you please discuss the criteria used for matching a kidney donor with a recipient?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Kalyani Perumalanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 30 years experience
Blood, tissue match: Blood group and tissue match
here are some websites that can give more information
http://www.Transplantliving.Org/living-donation/being-a-living-donor/
http://www.Unos.Org/docs/living_donation.Pdf.
5.1k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Please help! what is the criteria used for matching a kidney donor with a recipient?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in
Dr. Raj Singhanswered
Internal Medicine 12 years experience
Several: Several criteria such as age, kidney function, HIV status etc are used to determine the best match possible in addition to blood group compatibility, hla matching.
4.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Last updated May 25, 2013
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