Is the application of HLAMatchmaker relevant in kidney transplantation? [3]

Transplantation

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 250-251

  Duquesnoy, Rene J ^a   Claas, Frans H J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER; FACTUAL DATABASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEROLOGY;

AUTOMATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 12744262980     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000144327.92898.A6     Document Type: Letter

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