Kidney transplant and donor Posted: 02-19-08 05:55am
My dad is 55 years old and he is having no
bad habits.his kidney is not function and
dr prescribe to transplant the kidney and
my mom is willing to give ... and my dad
has heart problem...Bi-pass surgery has
been done before 2 years.... so what we
have ceck for kidney transplantation ...
and ahat has to check in donors
Before a kidney transplant, a procedure
should be performed in order to identify
HLA type for both donor and receiver. The
human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) - system is
a system of antigens that have a very
important role in the immune system’s
functions. The risk of transplanted kidney
being rejected by the host is related to
the match between HLA-antigens of the host
and donor. Only homozygote twins have a
100% match rate of HLA-antigens. For
example, HLA-antigens between parent and
children have a 50% match rate.
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