Anti-Galα1-3Gal IgM/IgG antibody levels in infants: Do they have a clinical relevance in pediatric xenotransplantation?

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1108-1113

  Doenz, Ursina ^a   Nydegger, Urs E ^a   Kueng, Angelica ^b   Carrel, Thierry ^a   Mohacsi, Paul ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Pediatrician   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE; XENOGRAFT;

ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; DISACCHARIDE; GALACTOSYL (1 3)GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYL-(1-3)GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; DISACCHARIDES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0033626502     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-2498(00)00196-0     Document Type: Article

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