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Renal transplantation was started in Kuwait, Arabia, in 1979 and since that date 147 renal allografts have been performed. This article describes the results of matching for HLA A and B antigens and the mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) in 130 consecutive grafts conducted by the same team in a single centre. One hundred and two grafts were from living donors and 28 from imported cadavers. These patients are described in detal elsewhere (1). Although the contribution of HLA matching is already well established in the living related donor situation, no such information is available for the Arab population. This population is characterised by a high proportion of consanguinous marriage and large family size (2).
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White, A.G., Abouna, G.M. (1984). HLA A and B matching, the mixed lymphocyte reaction and renal allograft survival in a single centre. In: Abouna, G.M., White, A.G. (eds) Current Status of Clinical Organ Transplantation. Developments in Surgery, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5674-2_2
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