Immunological tolerance in an HLA non-identical chimeric twin

Human Immunology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 190-192

  Viëtor, Henk E ^a   Hamel, Ben C J ^a   Van Bree, Simone P M J ^b   Van Der Meer, Ellen M W ^b   Smeets, Dominique F C M ^a   Otten, Barto J ^a   Holl, Robert A ^c   Claas, Frans H J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alloreactivity; Chimerism; MLC; Twins

Indexed keywords

HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLOIMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP; CASE REPORT; CHIMERA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; KARYOTYPE; MALE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHIMERA; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0343340053     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0198-8859(99)00183-4     Document Type: Article

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