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Volume 350:535-536 February 5, 2004 Number 6 Next

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At almost exactly the same time that Dr. David Willard, whose letter to the editor appears in this issue of the Journal (page 624), received three skin grafts in order to help select the best kidney donor for a patient with end-stage renal failure, I was also the recipient of three skin grafts. My grafts, however, were placed in an attempt to establish whether or not what would later be called "the" HLA antigens were actually the transplantation antigens. Thanks to the help of dozens of other volunteers, these experiments established that HLA antigens are indeed the major human histocompatibility . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Europdonor Foundation, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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• Thorsby, E., Pfeffer, P. F., Spital, A., Wendt, K. J., Kamoun, M., Sellers, M. T., Roberts, J. P., Wolfe, R. A., Port, F. K. (2004). Changing the Priority for HLA Matching in Kidney Transplantation. NEJM 350: 2095-2096 [Full Text]