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  • Title: The effect of 3-4 HLA-A and -B antigen mis-matched cadaveric kidney transplants on graft and patient survival.
    Author: Solheim BG, Flatmark A, Halvorsen S, Jervell J, Thorsby E.
    Journal: Scand J Urol Nephrol Suppl; 1980; 54():37-40. PubMed ID: 7013040.
    Abstract:
    During the period 1969 to 1978 survival of recipients of 1st cadaveric renal grafts improved. This improvement occurred in spite of a sharp increase in high risk patients accepted for transplantation, including patients with high age, diabetic nephropathy and advanced arteriosclerotic disease. In the same period 1st graft survival decreased. The declining graft prognosis was related to the acceptance of 3-4 HLA-A and B incompatible grafts from 1973 onwards. Grafts with 0-2 incompatibilities had a stable survival during the whole 10-years period. The group of patients receiving grafts with 3-4 incompatibilities, however, included significantly more patients with diabetic nephropathy and age above 55 years. Further analysis demonstrated that the inferior graft prognosis was caused by a combined effect of HLA-mismatched grafts and the number of high risk patients. The distribution of antibodies at retransplantation (2nd graft) was similar whether the lost 1st graft was compatible for 0-2 or 3-4 HLA antigens. Also the prognosis of retransplantation was similar in the two groups.
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