| Literature DB >> 65609 |
A A van Es, R L Marquet, J J van Rood, M W Kalff, H Balner.
Abstract
A prospective study has been carried out in rhesus monkeys to investigate the influence of blood-transfusions on kidney allograft survival. Unrelated animals matched for 2 or 3 antigens of the A and B locus of the major histocompatibility complex were given five consecutive blood-transfusions before transplantation and received conventional immunosuppressive treatment. Transfused recipients showed a four-fold increase in mean survival time compared with the non-transfused controls. These results may contribute to a change of policy regarding blood-transfusions in transplant patients.Entities:
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Year: 1977 PMID： 65609 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(77)91371-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321