The Impact of the Donor Card Holder Prioritization Program on Kidney Allocation in Israel.

Background: Since 2014, as part of a priority program within the Israeli Transplant Law, additional points were given to waitlisted candidates with donor cards. We assessed the impact on deceased donor kidney allocation.

Methods: This study enrolled all patients older than 18 y who underwent deceased donor kidney transplantation (January 2016-December 2019).

Differences in Telomere Length between Adolescent Females with Anorexia Nervosa Restricting Type and Anorexia Nervosa Binge-Purge Type.

Physiological and psychological distress may accelerate cellular aging, manifested by shortening of telomere length (TL). The present study focused on TL shortening in anorexia nervosa (AN), an illness combining physiological and psychological distress. For that purpose, we measured TL in 44 female adolescents with AN at admission to inpatient treatment, in a subset of 18 patients also at discharge, and in 22 controls.

New Insights on DR and DQ Human Leukocyte Antigens in Anti-LGI1 Encephalitis.

Background And Objectives: To explore the clinical characteristics and HLA associations of patients with anti-leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 encephalitis (LGI1E) from a large single center in Israel. Anti-LGI1E is the most commonly diagnosed antibody-associated encephalitic syndrome in adults. Recent studies of various populations reveal significant associations with specific HLA genes.

Ethnic disparity in Israel impacts long-term results after heart transplantation.

Background: Ethnicity may affect graft longevity and recipient mortality after heart transplantation (HTx). We hypothesized that differences in ethnic origin between Arabs and Jews undergoing HTx in Israel may contribute to differences in long-term outcomes.

Methods: The study population comprised all 254 patients who underwent HTx between 1991 and 2017 in a tertiary medical center located in the center of Israel.

Donor-recipient ethnic mismatching impacts short- and long-term results of heart transplantation.

Background: The impact of donor-recipient ethnic matching on heart transplantation (HT) has been poorly studied with inconclusive results. We aimed to investigate the impact of ethnic matching on HT outcomes in Israeli multiethnic patients.

Methods: The study comprised 168 patients who underwent HT from 1990-2017.