Do noninherited maternal antigens (NIMA) enhance renal graft survival?

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 82-88

  Smits, Jacqueline M A ^a   Claas, Frans H J ^b   Van Houwelingen, Hans C ^c   Persijn, Guido G ^a  

^a EUROTRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptable mismatches, kidney transplantation; Immunological tolerance, kidney transplantation; Kidney transplantation, noninherited maternal antigens; Noninherited maternal antigens, kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HLA A ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031913641     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050109     Document Type: Article

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