A positive crossmatch and treatment with IvIg

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2601-2602

  Opelz, Gerhard ^a   Süsal, Caner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; DESENSITIZATION; EDITORIAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; NOTE;

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 33644815207     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01114.x     Document Type: Editorial

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