Not exact matches
From 2006 to 2013, all seven patients with acute liver failure who underwent a LDLT were compared with all 26 patients who underwent a
deceased donor liver
transplantation (DDLT).
The only effective therapy is liver
transplantation, but the
deceased donor supply of livers is often not timely enough.
Analysis of the sample can determine if a kidney
donor (potential live kidney
donor or
deceased kidney
donor) or a patient inherited two APOL1 gene renal - risk variants that contribute to poorer renal allograft survival after
transplantation.
Freedman, Barry I., et al. «APOL1 Genotype and Kidney
Transplantation Outcomes From
Deceased African American
Donors.»