Monitoring of Cellular Immunity by Interferon-Gamma Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Spot Assay in Kidney Allograft Recipients: Preliminary Results of a Longitudinal Study

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1014-1017

  Bellisola, G ^a   Tridente, G ^a   Nacchia, F ^b   Fior, F ^b   Boschiero, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33744517316     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.02.142     Document Type: Article

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