title: The nature of shared kidneys.
abstract: 1. Sharing for histocompatibility is underutilized. 2. Sharing results in more transplants with long cold ischemic time. 3. Early graft function does not appear to be adversely affected by sharing and the attendant longer cold ischemic time. 4. Panel reactive antibody levels are not being utilized as a criterion for sharing. 5. Blood type and HLA-DR type do not significantly influence sharing.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiff
mesh_terms: D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006085:Graft Survival; D006680:HLA Antigens; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012042:Registries; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins; D006680:HLA Antigens