Sensitisation to swine leukocyte antigens in patients with broadly reactive HLA specific antibodies

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-273

  Oostingh, Gertie J ^a   Davies, Hugh F S ^b   Tang, Kerrie C G ^b   Bradley, J Andrew ^b   Taylor, Craig J ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA; Sensitisation; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

DECAY ACCELERATING FACTOR; HLA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CROSS REACTIONS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036524023     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20312.x     Document Type: Article

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