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‘Tie Breaker’ for HLA Matching in Pediatric Renal Transplant Recipients?
Author(s) -
Hoyer P. F.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02379.x
Subject(s) - matching (statistics) , medicine , organ donation , organ transplantation , intensive care medicine , commercialization , transplantation , surgery , pathology , business , marketing
It is a time for an open debate on the relative importance of HLA matching versus shorter waiting times and younger donors for pediatric renal transplant recipients. See also article by Gritsch et al in this issue on page 2056.