title: Long-term kidney graft survival.
abstract: 1. More than 90% of long-term grafts were first transplants. 2. The percentage of long-term transplants from living-related donors decreased from 78% in the years prior to 1968 to 42% in the 1973-1977 period. 3. More than 60% of living-related long-term grafts were from sibling donors. 4. Among long-term survivors, there was no difference from the expected rates in the percentage of red blood cell groups. 5. HLA-A,B matching resulted in significant improvement in graft survival rates for both cadaver donor and related transplants.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuge
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burgos
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D044469:Racial Groups; D012042:Registries; D012086:Reoperation; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens