Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles and Cytomegalovirus Infection After Renal Transplantation

Farzaneh Futohi, Azadeh Saber, Eglim Nemati, Behzad Einollahi, Zohre Rostami

Nephro-Urology Monthly · 2015 · 15 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

The findings of this study showed that deceased donor renal transplantation and the presence of HLA-B44 can make the kidney recipient susceptible to CMV infection after kidney transplantation; on the other hand, the presence of HLA-B8 can have a protective effect.

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