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HLA polymorphism in Sudanese renal donors.
Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia - 1 Jul 2011
Dafalla Ameer M, McCloskey D J, Alemam Almutaz A, Ibrahim Amel A, Babikir Adil M, Gasmelseed Nagla, El Imam Mohamed, Mohamedani Ahmed A, Magzoub Mubarak M
Abstract excerpt
The main objective of this study is to provide a database for renal transplantation in Sudan and to determine the HLA antigens and haplotype frequencies (HFs) in the study subjects. HLA typing was performed using the complement-dependant lymphocytotoxicity test in 250 unrelated healthy individuals selected as donors in the Sudanese Renal Transplantation Program. Considerable polymorphism was observed at each...
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