Detection of citrate synthase-reacting autoantibodies after heart transplantation: An epitope mapping study

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 834-840

  Petrohai, Ágnes ^a   Nagy, Gergely ^b   Bosze, Szilvia ^c   Hudecz, Ferenc ^c   Zsiros, Emese ^d   Paragh, György ^a   Nyárády, Zoltán ^b   Németh, Péter ^b   Berki, Timea ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Allograft vasculopathy; Anti mitochondrial autoantibodies; Autoantibodies; Citrate synthase; Heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CITRATE SYNTHASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 23944498384     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.tb00518.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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