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OPTN/SRTR 2016 Annual Data Report: Kidney.

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Transplant rates that had changed dramatically for some groups after implementation of the new kidney allocation system in 2014 are stabilizing, allowing for evaluation of new steady states and trends, and a decline in the proportion of living donor transplants is of concern for pediatric recipients.
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This article is published in American Journal of Transplantation.The article was published on 2018-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 422 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Kidney transplantation & Transplantation.

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Solid organ transplantation in the 21 st century

TL;DR: The field of SOT faces new barriers, most importantly the expanding demand for SOT that is outpacing the current supply, and allocation protocols have been developed in an attempt to address these concerns.
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Post-transplant diabetes mellitus in patients with solid organ transplants

TL;DR: This Review presents the current knowledge on post-transplant diabetes mellitus in patients receiving kidney, heart, liver and lung transplants and outlines the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of PTDM.
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Trends in the Causes of Death among Kidney Transplant Recipients in the United States (1996-2014).

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