Open AccessMATCHING FOR PRIVATE OR PUBLIC HLA EPITOPES REDUCES ACUTE REJECTION EPISODES AND IMPROVES TWO-YEAR RENAL ALLOGRAFT FUNCTION
Author(s) -
Rachel M. McKenna,
Kingsley R. Lee,
James Gough,
John Jeffery,
Paul Grimm,
David Rush,
Peter Nickerson
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199807150-00006
Subject(s) - human leukocyte antigen , matching (statistics) , creatinine , transplantation , epitope , medicine , kidney transplantation , renal function , hla a , gastroenterology , immunology , antigen , pathology
The current role of HLA matching in renal transplantation is controversial. Public HLA epitope matching has been suggested to be as advantageous as private HLA matching, with the added benefit of increasing recipients' access to well-matched grafts.