The case to abandon human leukocyte antigen matching for kidney allocation: Would it be wise to throw out the baby with the bathwater?

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 623-626

  Hiesse, Christian ^a   Pessione, Fabienne ^a   Houssin, Didier ^a  

^a Etablissement Francais des Greffes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CRYOPRESERVATION; EUROPE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442286836     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000103730.16444.E7     Document Type: Review

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