An Evaluation of HLA Cross-Reactive Group Matching on Graft Survival in Deceased Donor Kidney Recipients

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 661 - 663
• Main Authors: Lazda, V.A., Mozes, M.F.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.03.2005; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: ABO Blood-Group System - immunology; Biological and medical sciences; Black or African American; Black People; Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; Cadaver; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Graft Survival - immunology; Histocompatibility Testing - methods; HLA Antigens - immunology; Humans; Kidney Transplantation - immunology; Kidney Transplantation - mortality; Medical sciences; Racial Groups; Registries; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Survival Analysis; Tissue Donors; Tissue, organ and graft immunology; Treatment Failure; United States; United States; Human; Evaluation; HLA-System; Prognosis; Major histocompatibility system; Transplantation; Homotransplantation; Survival; Kidney; Medicine; Treatment; Urinary system; Donor; Surgery; Cross reaction; Graft; Histocompatibility

Since September 20, 1999, our organ procurement organization (OPO) serving an ethnically diverse local distribution area has allocated kidneys using a cross-reactive group (CREG)-based variance. This variance awards 7 points for 0-CREG,0-DR mismatches and 6 points for 0-A,B mismatches in addition to...