The effect of tolerance to noninherited maternal HLA antigens on the survival of renal transplants from sibling donors

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1657-1664

  Burlingham, William J ^a   Grailer, Alan P ^a   Heisey, Dennis M ^a   Claas, Frans H J ^b   Norman, Douglas ^c   Mohanakumar, Thalachallour ^d   Brennan, Daniel C ^d   De Fijter, Hans ^b   Van Gelder, Teun ^e   Pirsch, John D ^a   Sollinger, Hans W ^a   Bean, Michael A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Dendreon Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HLA ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; OKT 3; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

FATHERS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MOTHERS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032480931     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199812033392302     Document Type: Article

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