A prospective analysis of the immunogenicity of cryopreserved nonvalved allografts used in pediatric heart surgery

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 19, 2000, Pages

  Breinholt III, John P ^a   Hawkins, John A ^a   Lambert, Linda M ^a   Fuller, Thomas C ^a   Profaizer, Tracie ^a   Shaddy, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart defects, congenital; Immunology; Pediatrics; Rejection; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AGE; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE STENOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESTENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBODIES; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CRYOPRESERVATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; INFANT; PERICARDIUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034619468     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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