Influence of the Rh (D) blood group system on graft survival in renal transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 588-592

  Bryan, Christopher F ^a   Mitchell, Stanley I ^a   Lin, Hung Mo ^b   Nelson, Paul W ^c   Shield III, Charles F ^d   Luger, Alan M ^e   Pierce, George E ^f   Ross, Gilbert ^e   Warady, Bradley A ^g   Aeder, Mark I ^h   Helling, Thomas S ^c   Landreneau, Michael D ⁱ   Harrell, Kevin M ^a  

^a Midwest Transplant Network   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Research Medical Center Brookside Campus   (United States)

ⁱ St John's Regional Medical Center Joplin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CADAVER KIDNEY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; CADAVER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032570743     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199802270-00026     Document Type: Article

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