The goal of transplant medicine

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What is the goal of transplant medicine?

The goal is to minimize alloreactions to prevent solid organ rejection and graft-versus-host disease.

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What is HLA typing?

HLA typing uses genetic tests to determine similarities between the polymorphic HLA molecules of the donor and recipient.

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How do fewer HLA mismatches affect transplant success?

Fewer HLA mismatches increase the chance that a transplant will be accepted by the recipient’s immune system.

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What is crossmatching?

is performed to test for the presence of preexisting HLA immunoglobulins in the recipient.