The role of HLA typing in clinical kidney transplants: 30 years later.
In summary, the importance of the MHC to the fate of allografts is undoubted. The practical application of this in terms of sending organs long distances with prolonged ischemia time and uncertainty as to the surgical state of the organs leaves an element of doubt as to where the line should be drawn; perhaps the new data from Los Angeles will enable most organs to be used in a localized population catchment area.
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D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000276:immunology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous