Transplantation
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Multicenter Study
Impact of HLA compatibility on survival of kidney transplants from unrelated live donors.
Kidney transplants from unrelated live donors have been reported to perform exceedingly well despite poor HLA compatibility. These results were extrapolated to indicate that HLA matching in cadaver kidney transplantation is superfluous provided the ischemic preservation time is kept very short. ⋯ The outcome of kidney transplants from unrelated live donors is strongly influenced by HLA compatibility. Short exposure of donor kidneys to ischemia does not eliminate the influence of HLA matching on graft survival.