Men And Women Benefit From Gender Specific Kidney Transplants

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  July 10, 2008

EXCERPT:  "The gender of donor and recipient plays a larger role in kidney transplants than previously assumed. Female donor kidneys do not function as well in men - due to their smaller size. Women have a higher risk of rejecting a male donor kidney. Therefore, in the future, gender should be considered more in the allocation of donor kidneys, say researchers from Basel and Heidelberg."  more

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Gratwohl A, Döhler B, Stern M, Opelz G. Abstract. H-Y as a minor histocompatibility antigen in kidney transplantation: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet. 2008 Jul 5;372(9632):49-53.