Homograft crossmatching is unnecessary due to the absence of blood group antigens

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Kadner, Alexander ^a   Chen, Raymond H ^a   Mitchell, Richard N ^a   Adams, David H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP O ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; ALLOANTIGEN;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AORTA VALVE; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEART VALVE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PATHOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; HEART VALVES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; ISOANTIGENS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0035003784     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02500-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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