Importance of minimizing HLA-DR mismatch and cold preservation time in cadaveric renal transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 709-714

  Connolly, John K ^a   Dyer, Philip A ^b   Martin, Susan ^b   Parrott, Neil R ^a   Pearson, Robert C ^a   Johnson, Robert W G ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOINCOMPATIBILITY; HLA MATCHING; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLD; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029870930     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199603150-00007     Document Type: Article

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