Effect of human leukocyte antigen compatibility on kidney graft survival: Comparative analysis of two decades

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-143

  Opelz, Gerhard ^a   Döhler, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Graft rejection; Graft survival; HLA matching; Kidney transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547643350     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000269725.74189.b9     Document Type: Article

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