Improved definition of human leukocyte antigen frequencies among minorities and applicability to estimates of transplant compatibility

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 964-972

  Leffell, Mary S ^a,d   Cherikh, Wida S ^b   Land, Geoffrey ^c   Zachary, Andrea A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Immunogenetics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossmatch prediction; HLA antigens; HLA frequencies; HLA haplotypes; Match probabilities

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENOTYPE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED STATES;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; PHENOTYPE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247588119     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000258588.09356.d7     Document Type: Article

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