![]() Thirty-nine patients (16%) were classified as Mapuche, according to their surnames, including 16 women with overall mean age of 34.5 years, and 14 had been transplanted from a living related donor. The mean kidney follow-up was 90 months and patient follow-up was 106 months. The 248 patients had a mean age of 37.6 years, 40% were females, and 48% had living related donors. With the aim of evaluating whether those antigenic differences might induce differences in the outcomes of renal transplantation among patients belonging to that ethnic group, we reviewed HLA studies and at least 6 months follow-up of all patients with a first kidney transplant between 19. Previous studies have demonstrated higher concentrations of some histocompatibility antigens in Mapuche people compared with non- Mapuche Chileans in the renal transplantation program. Ardiles, R Beltrán, R Jerez, V Droguett, M A Mezzano, S Ardiles, L
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