Normal levels of allo- but increased levels of potentially autoreactive antibodies against ABO histo-blood group antigens in AIDS patients

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-100

  Friedli, Fabienne ^c   Rieben, Robert ^a   Wegmüller, Edgar ^c   Moerenhout, Martine ^a   Nydegger, Urs E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SRK   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

EID: 0345605527     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1996.0099     Document Type: Article

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