The impact of hla mismatches on the survival of first cadaveric kidney transplants

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 765-770

  Held, Philip J ^a   Kahan, Barry D ^a,b   Hunsicker, Lawrence G ^c   Liska, David ^d   Wolfe, Robert A ^a   Port, Friedrich K ^a   Gaylin, Daniel S ^f   Garcia, Jose R ^d   Agodoa, Lawrence Y C ^e   Krakauer, Henry ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Affiliated Kihoku Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028122634     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199409223311203     Document Type: Article

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