Renal transplantation in patients with pre-transplant donor-specific antibodies and negative flow cytometry crossmatches

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2371-2377

  Patel, A M ^a   Pancoska, C ^b   Mulgaonkar, S ^a   Weng, F L ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody mediated rejection; Donor specific antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CREATININE; DONOR SPECIFIC ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548361698     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01944.x     Document Type: Article

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