The impact of HLA frequency differences in races on the access to optimally HLA-matched cadaver renal transplants. The Medical Advisory Committee.

doi:10.1097/00007890-199202010-00017

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The impact of HLA frequency differences in races on the access to optimally HLA-matched cadaver renal transplants. The Medical Advisory Committee.

Transplantation - 1 Feb 1992

Lazda V A

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We examined the donor/recipient HLA match of 448 consecutive cadaver renal transplants to determine if donor race had an impact on the quality of HLA match that was achieved. Eighty (17.9%) kidneys from black donors and 368 (82.1%) from nonblack donors (87.8% caucasians) were distributed to the b...

Topics

Black People
Cadaver
HLA Antigens
Histocompatibility Testing
Humans
Kidney Transplantation
Phenotype
Tissue Donors
White People

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