HLA class I/II matching and chronic endothelial cell loss in penetrating normal risk keratoplasty

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Reinhard, Thomas ^a   Böhringer, Daniel ^a   Enczmann, Jürgen ^b   Kögler, Gesine ^b   Wernet, Peter ^b   Böhringer, Stefan ^c   Sundmacher, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic endothelial cell loss; HLA matching; HLA typing; Immune reaction; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 1242320060     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0420.2003.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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