The frequencies of HLA alleles and haplotypes and their distribution among donors and renal patients in the UNOS registry

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 272-283

  Zachary, Andrea A ^a   Steinberg, Arthur G ^b   Bias, Wilma B ^a   Leffell, Mary S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0029892993     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199607270-00021     Document Type: Article

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