Effect of a strict HLA matching policy on distribution of cadaveric kidney transplants to Indo-Asian and white European recipients: regional study

Higgins measured the rates of end stage renal failure, kidney donation from cadavers and kidney transplantation in the white European and Indo-Asian populations of Coventry and Warwickshire in England. Results confirm that proportionately more Indo-Asian patients than white European patients both st...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1997-11, Vol.315 (7119), p.1354-1355
Hauptverfasser:	Higgins, R M, West, N, Edmunds, M E, Dukes, D C, Kashi, H, Jurewicz, A, Lam, F T
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Asia - ethnology Bioethics Biological and medical sciences Blood & organ donations Cadaver Dialysis Disease England - epidemiology Ethnic groups Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data Europe - ethnology European Continental Ancestry Group Female Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data Histocompatibility Testing HLA Antigens Humans Kidney Failure, Chronic - ethnology Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy Kidney Transplantation - statistics & numerical data Kidneys Male Medical sciences Medical specialists Middle Aged Minority & ethnic groups Organ donation Patient Selection Physicians Resource Allocation Retrospective Studies Surgeons Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the urinary system Tissue and Organ Procurement Tissue Donors Tissue grafting Transplantation Transplants & implants Waiting Lists
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Zusammenfassung:	Higgins measured the rates of end stage renal failure, kidney donation from cadavers and kidney transplantation in the white European and Indo-Asian populations of Coventry and Warwickshire in England. Results confirm that proportionately more Indo-Asian patients than white European patients both start dialysis and wait for a kidney transplant.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.315.7119.1354