Letter A

Allograft

The transplant of an organ or tissue from one individual to another of the same species with a different genotype.

A transplant from one person to another, but not an identical twin, is an allograft.

Allografts account for many human transplants, including those from cadaveric, living related, and living unrelated donors.

Called also an allogeneic graft or a homograft

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