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The Influence of Race and Common Genetic Variations on Outcomes After Pediatric Heart Transplantation.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Jun 2017
Green D J, Brooks M M, Burckart G J, Chinnock R E, Canter C, Addonizio L J, Bernstein D, Kirklin J K, Naftel D C, Girnita D M, Zeevi A, Webber S A
Abstract excerpt
Significant racial disparity remains in the incidence of unfavorable outcomes following heart transplantation. We sought to determine which pediatric posttransplantation outcomes differ by race and whether these can be explained by recipient demographic, clinical, and genetic attributes. Data were collected for 80 black and 450 nonblack pediatric recipients transplanted at 1 of 6 centers between 1993 and 2008....
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