HLA Matching and Kidney Transplantation: Beyond Graft Survival.

Opelz G, Döhler B.

Clinical Transplants 2013, Chapter 14

Abstract

Analysis of data from the international Collaborative Transplant Study has revealed striking relationships between human leukocyte antigen mismatching and graft survival, the incidence of death from cardiovascular disease or infection, the occurrence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and onset of post-transplant osteoporosis and bone fracture following kidney transplantation from a deceased donor.