Can an immunologically, nonreactive potential allograft recipient undergo transplantation without a donor-specific crossmatch

Transplantation

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1833-1834

  Kerman, Ronald H ^a   Susskind, Brian ^a   Ruth, Jim ^a   Katz, Stephen ^a   Van Buren, Charles T ^a   Kahan, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; FEMALE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032573679     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199812270-00044     Document Type: Article

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