Increased access to transplantation for blood group B cadaveric waiting list candidates by using A2 kidneys: Time for a new national system?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 94-99

  Nelson, Paul W ^a   Shield III, Charles F ^b   Muruve, Nicolas A ^c   Murillo, Daniel ^d   Warady, Bradley A ^e   Aeder, Mark I ^f   Bryan, Christopher F ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b V C St Francis Regl Med Ctr   (United States)

^c University Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Research Medical Center Brookside Campus   (United States)

^g Midwest Transplant Network   (United States)

Author keywords

A2 to B; Access; Kidney transplant; UNOS variance

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP AB; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP B; CADAVER KIDNEY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HLA MATCHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PRESERVATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VARIANCE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036460890     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.020115.x     Document Type: Article

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