Transplanting the Elderly: Mandatory Age- and Minimal Histocompatibility Matching

Worldwide over 40% of patients receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) are aged 65 years or older, a number that is still increasing. Renal transplantation is the preferred RRT, providing substantial survival benefit over those remaining on dialysis, including the elderly. Only 3% of patients aged...

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Main Authors: Geertje J. Dreyer, Johan W. de Fijter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
HLA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00359/full