Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (1)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Koene, R. A. P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Koene, R. A. P.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Nephrol Dial Transplant (2002) 17: 717-718
© 2002 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Controversies

Should the allocation of cadaveric kidneys for transplantation be based on HLA matching?

Robert A. P. Koene

Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Keywords: HLA matching; transplantation

In 1996 the European centres participating in the Eurotransplant organization agreed to the implementation of a new allocation system for kidneys of postmortal donors (Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System, ETKAS). The proposed procedure was based on the following five criteria: HLA mismatch grade, waiting time, mismatch probability (a correction factor increasing the chances for patients with uncommon HLA phenotypes and for homozygous or immunized patients), local transplants (kidneys are shipped only if the HLA match is at least two match grades better than the best compatible local patient), and import–export balance per centre. In the course of time several changes have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Editor's note

Notes

References


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?