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Burcin M.D. Florida By Mayo Clinic Staff Kidney transplant care at Mayo Clinic Request an appointment AboutCare at Mayo Clinic March 28, 2024 Print Show references Roberts IS. Kidney diseases. In: Underwood's Pathology: A Clinical Approach. 7th ed. Elsevier; 2019. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed April 28, 2019. Kidney. UNOS Transplant Living. https://transplantliving.org/kidney/. Accessed August 13, 2021. Feehally J, et al., eds. Kidney transplantation surgery. In: Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology. 6th ed. Elsevier; 2019. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Aug. 16, 2021. Matching donors and recipients. Health Resources & Services Administration. https://www.organdonor.gov/about/process/matching.html. Accessed April 28, 2019. Yu ASL, et al., eds. Clinical management of the adult kidney transplant recipient. In: Brenner & Rector's The Kidney. 11th ed. Elsevier; 2020. https://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Aug. 16, 2021. Klein CL, et al. 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