Clinical relevance of anti-HLA antibodies pre and post transplant

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 313, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 275-278

  Kerman, Ronald H ^a   Orosz, Charles G ^b   Lorber, Marc I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti HLA antibodies; Detection of IgG anti HLA reactivity; Pretransplant antibodies

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0030990356     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)40116-8     Document Type: Article

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