Humoral immune response to allograft valve tissue pretreated with an antigen reduction process

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4 SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 82-86

  Elkins, Ronald C ^a   Lane, Mary M ^a   Capps, Scott B ^a   McCue, Carolyn ^a   Dawson, Patti E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft heart valve; Antigen reduction; Humoral immune response; Panel reactive antibodies; Short term valve function

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY FORMATION; AORTIC VALVE; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; GRAFT ENHANCEMENT, IMMUNOLOGIC; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VALVE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0035700404     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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