Skewing of pretransplant anti-HLA class I antibodies of immunoglobulin G isotype solely toward immunoglobulin G1 subclass is associated with poorer renal allograft survival

Transplantation

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1771-1773

  Griffiths, Emmet J ^a   Nelson, Ruth E ^b   Dupont, Peter J ^a,b   Warrens, Anthony N ^a,b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA CLASS 1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; LYMPHOCYTOTOXIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 2942631060     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000129408.07168.40     Document Type: Article

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