Rapid method for the analysis of peripheral chimerism in suspected graft-versus-host disease after liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 180-184

  Hahn, Amy B ^a,b   Baliga, Prabhakar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE COURSE; DONOR; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MICROCHIMERISM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034103377     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.500060214     Document Type: Article

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