HLA-A and -B alleles in cornea donors as risk factors for graft rejection

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-18

  Creemers, P C ^a,b   Kahn, D ^a   Hill, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032892145     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-3274(99)80014-8     Document Type: Article

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