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Figure 1

Regional disparity in deceased donor kidney transplant rates
Figure 2

Increasing numbers of deceased donor kidney transplants
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The New Kidney Transplant Allocation System

John Vella John Vella MD, FRCP, FACP, FASN, FAST, is Director of Transplantation and of the Division of Nephrology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME. Dr. Vella is also Associate Medical Director of Maine Medical Partners Nephrology and Associate Professor of Medicine with Tufts University School of Medicine.

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