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Effects of changes in the criteria for nationally shared kidney transplants for HLA-matched patients.
Transplantation - 27 Jan 1998
Hata Y, Cecka J M, Takemoto S, Ozawa M, Cho Y W, Terasaki P I
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nine years ago, a prospective trial began in all U.S. transplant centers to determine whether the results of renal transplantation would improve with the nationwide shipment of kidneys from cadaveric donors to HLA-matched patients. Since then, the stringency of criteria for HLA matching have been liberalized twice, from sharing only those kidneys that matched at all six HLA-A, -B, -DR antigens, to...
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