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Deleterious impact of HLA-DRB1 allele mismatch in sensitized recipients of kidney retransplants.
Transplantation - 15 Jan 2013
Heinold Andreas, Opelz Gerhard, Döhler Bernd, Unterrainer Christian, Scherer Sabine, Ruhenstroth Andrea, Hien Tran Thuong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Whether mismatches between donor and recipient of a kidney transplant at the HLA allele level can elicit an immune response strong enough to impact graft survival is not known. METHODS: We examined the influence of HLA-DRB1 allele level mismatch on graft survival based on high-resolution typing, utilizing blood samples and clinical data provided by the Collaborative Transplant Study. HLA-DRB1*04 was...
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