HLA matching and the united network for organ sharing allocation system: Impact of HLA matching on African-American recipients of cadaveric kidney transplants

Transplantation

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1634-1636

  Rebellato, Lorita M ^a   Arnold, Angelo N ^b   Bozik, Karen M ^a   Haisch, Carl E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CADAVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0037115213     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200212150-00024     Document Type: Article

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