@article {230,
	title = {HLA and Kaposi{\textquoteright}s sarcoma in solid organ transplantation},
	journal = {Hum Immunol},
	volume = {29},
	year = {1990},
	note = {0198-8859 (Print) Journal Article},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {56 - 63},
	abstract = {Of 188 cases of Kaposi{\textquoteright}s sarcoma arising de novo after transplantation, HLA-A, -B typing was available for 135 and HLA-DR typing available for 67. Compared to the reported HLA phenotype frequencies of renal transplant recipients in the Southeast Organ Procurement Foundation (SEOPF), there is a significantly decreased frequency of HLA-A1 and HLA-B7, and increased frequency of HLA-B5, -B8, -B18, and -DR5. The most striking characteristic of the Kaposi{\textquoteright}s sarcoma group was its ethnic background. Fifty-six percent of patients were Italian, Greek, Jewish, or Arabic. When this ethnic background is considered, the expected HLA phenotype frequencies are almost exactly the same as in the Kaposi{\textquoteright}s sarcoma population. The quality of donor-recipient HLA match was evaluable for 106 patients. Only 22\% had four or more mismatches, and 59\% had at least two antigens matched. This argues against poor donor-recipient matching as a risk factor for developing Kaposi{\textquoteright}s sarcoma after transplantation.},
	keywords = {*Transplantation Immunology, Histocompatibility Testing, HLA Antigens / *analysis, Humans, Immunophenotyping, Organ Transplantation / *adverse effects, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Retrospective Studies, Sarcoma, Kaposi / ethnology / *etiology / immunology},
	author = {Brunson,M. E. and Balakrishnan,K. and Penn,I.}
}
