No Evidence for an Improvement of Long-Term Survival by HLA Matching in Heart Transplant Recipients

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1575-1579

  Tenderich, G ^a   Zittermann, A ^a   Prohaska, W ^a   Koerfer, R ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250192129     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.01.083     Document Type: Article

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