Elisa anti-hla antibody screening identifies non-complement-fixing antibodies responsible for acute graft rejection. A case report

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 383-387

  Nanni Costa, A ^a   Scolari, M P ^a   Iannelli, S ^a   Vangelista, A ^a   Buscaroli, A ^a   D’Arcangelo, G Liviano ^a   Buttazzi, R ^a   De Sanctis, L B ^a   Todeschini, P ^a   Stefoni, S ^a   Bonomini, V ^a  

^a St Orsola University Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FIXING ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA-B7 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10244278091     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.1996.tb00011.x     Document Type: Article

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