Lundgren G, Groth C G, Albrechtsen D, Brynger H, Flatmark A, Frödin L, Gäbel H, Husberg B, Klintmalm G, Maurer W
Lancet. 1986 Jul 12;2(8498):66-9. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)91608-9.
613 patients were included in a study to assess the extent to which HLA-matching and pretransplant blood transfusions affect the outcome of cadaveric renal transplantation in patients treated with cyclosporin and low doses of prednisolone. Matching for the HLA-DR-antigens significantly reduced the frequency of rejection episodes, but neither HLA-matching nor pretransplant blood transfusions influenced the patient and graft survival rates.
