Impact of HLA compatibility on survival of kidney transplants from unrelated live donors

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1473-1475

  Opelz, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030732147     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199711270-00017     Document Type: Article

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