Is matching for human leukocyte antigen-DR beneficial in pediatric kidney transplantation?

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-71

  Ghoneim, Mohamed A ^a,b   Refaie, Ayman F ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Deceased donors; HLA matching; Kidney transplantation; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 59049097600     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph1017     Document Type: Note

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