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Tissue Typing, Ronald T. Rolley
Tissue Typing, Ronald T. Rolley
MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly
At present, histocompatibility matching is an inexact science, and there are undoubtedly many histocompatibility antigens either poorly defined or undefined. With further definition of such antigens, improvement can be expected in the correlation of tissue typing with homograft function and survival. Further work also needs to be done to determine which method of tissue typing is best.
Relation Of Tissue Typing To Results Of Clinical Transplants, Hyung M. Lee
Relation Of Tissue Typing To Results Of Clinical Transplants, Hyung M. Lee
MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly
Current data reveal that, when matching is very good, there is also very good correlation in living related donor results, particularly in the sibling donor source. When there is slight mismatching, correlation is not as good; however, many patients seem to do well in spite of some mismatch. Correlation in the unrelated cadaver group is not as precise or significant. The current status of tissue typing is still not as precise as it should be, in order for us to rely on it as a selection criterion for renal homotransplantation. However, with rapidly advancing knowledge of antigen groups in the …