Sensitized patients require sharing of highly matched kidneys

Transplantation

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1891-1896

  McCune, Thomas R ^a,b   Thacker II, Leroy R ^b   Blanton, John W ^b   Adams, Patricia L ^c  

^a Nephrology Associates   (United States)

^b South Eastern Organ Procurement Foundation   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0037182887     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200206270-00007     Document Type: Article

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