Successful use of 6 antigen HLA mismatched kidneys for cadaveric renal transplantation

Journal of Urology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1676-1678

  Safi, Khalid Chiad ^a   Mohan, Ponnusamy ^a   Lee, Ming ^a   Little, Dilly M ^a   Donovan, Mary G ^a   Creagh, Tom A ^a   Murphy, Denis M ^a   O'Kelly, Patrick ^a   Hickey, David P ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Graft survival; HLA antigens; Kidney; Kidney transplantation; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; HLA ANTIGEN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; T LYMPHOCYTE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037404196     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000062615.36506.42     Document Type: Article

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