Effect of HLA matching on the relative risk of mortality for kidney recipients: A comparison of the mortality risk after transplant to the mortality risk of remaining on the waiting list

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1274-1277

  Edwards, Erick B ^a   Bennett, Leah E ^a   Cecka, J Michael ^b  

^a VCU Office of Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0030712968     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199711150-00007     Document Type: Article

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