HLA-DR and DQ typing by polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primer mixes reduces the incidence of phenotypic homozygosity (blanks) over serology

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1819-1824

  Bryan, Christopher F ^a,b   Harrell, Kevin M ^a   Nelson, Paul W ^c   Pierce, George E ^d   Ross, Gilbert ^e   Shield III, Charles F ^f   Warady, Bradley A ^g   Aeder, Mark I ^h   Helling, Thomas S ^c   Landreneau, Michael D ⁱ   Luger, Alan M ^e  

^a Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Midwest Transplant Network   (United States)

^c Saint Luke's Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^f Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^g Children's Mercy Hospital   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ St John's Regional Medical Center Joplin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030471598     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199612270-00024     Document Type: Article

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