Measurement of cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursor frequencies reveals cryptic HLA class I mismatches in the context of unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1353-1356

  O'Shea, John ^a   Madrigal, Alejandro ^a,b   Davey, Nick ^b   Brookes, Paul ^b   Scott, Iain ^a   Firman, Helen ^a   Lechler, Robert ^b   Goldman, John ^a,b   Batchelor, Richard ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE TYPING;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0030667822     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199711150-00019     Document Type: Article

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