Immunological investigations on patients with transplanted cornea: the role of tissue antigens in keratoplasty.
After briefly describing the conceptions of the HL-A antigens and of histocompatibility, the authors give an account of their own retrospective examinations in connection with keratoplasty. Transplantations between identical groups of the ABO-system have a greater probability of ending successfully, if at least 2 HL-A antigens of donor and recipient are identical; this being chiefly important when grafting is carried out into unfavourable, vascularized surroundings.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D002102:Cadaver; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D044469:Racial Groups; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D006680:HLA Antigens