Which statement best represents appropriate donor-to-recipient criteria for liver transplantation?
a. Blood type and HLA tissue type
b. HLA tissue type and body type
c. Body type and body size
d. Blood type and donor history
C
Blood type and body size are the two criteria necessary for matching a donor liver to a recipient. HLA tissue typing is not used because it has not been known to affect outcomes. Donors are carefully screen for infectious diseases and carcinomas during the process, but blood type and body type are the essential matching criteria.
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