Presence of donor-specific DNA in plasma of kidney and liver-transplant recipients

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9112, 1998, Pages 1329-1330

  Lo, Y M Dennis ^a   Tein, Mark S C ^a,b   Pang, Calvin C P ^a,b   Yeung, Chung K ^a,b   Tong, Kwok Lung ^a,b   Magnus Hjelm, N ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT;

EID: 0032474260     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79055-3     Document Type: Article

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