The effect of cross-reactive epitope group matching on allocation and sensitization

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 9, 2003, Pages 13-16

  Crowe, Deborah O ^a  

^a DCI Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; CREG; Graft survival; HLA matching; HLA sensitization

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; MINOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DONOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECIPIENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0043123407     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0012.17.s9.2.x     Document Type: Article

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