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[quote=Anonymous]American Association of Kidney Patients says this, By Dwayne Henry, MD, and Vikas R. Dharnidharka, MD:

Living donation is much more common in children than in adults since parents are often available and willing to donate. The transplanted kidney is not placed at the site of the original kidneys but is placed in the lower belly.[b] A child can receive an adult kidney, since by a certain age (usually older than 2 years) there is enough space in the belly to fit the new kidney. [/b]

From the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Clearing House a service of NIDDK at the NIH:

Living donor. Most people can donate a kidney without hurting their health. [b]Many children receive a kidney from one of their parents, but the donor does not have to be a family member.[/b]

This comes directly from CHOP's website:

A donor must be between 18 and 60 years of age. Most of the time, the donor is a parent, sibling, aunt or uncle of the child in need of the transplant, but this is not required.

Obviously children can get kidneys donated from adults!  Are those saying they can't just pulling that out of their ass?  I'm really curious.  CHOP is a children's hospital and they won't even do live donations from someone under 18 into a child.  So that was never on the table, clearly.
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