Will transportation of kidneys from donors with blood group A2 into recipients with blood group B help British Indo-Asian patients with renal failure?

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 630-633

  Haji, Naeemah I ^a   Nelson, Ruth E ^b   Jones, Mark N A ^c   Johnson, Rachel J ^c   De Silva, Mahes ^d   Malde, Ranjan ^d   Warrens, Anthony N ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UK Transplant   (United Kingdom)

^d National Blood Transfusion Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY;

ASIAN; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP B; CYTOTOXICITY; DIALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; DONOR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; ENGLAND; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 1442335872     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000103728.05798.7E     Document Type: Review

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