Donor-specific antibodies by flow single antigen beads in pediatric living donor kidney transplants: Single center experience

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 901-905

  Roberti, Isabel ^a   Vyas, Shefali ^a   Pancoska, Carol ^b  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Transplant Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Donor specific antibodies; Kidney transplant; Rejection

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 35748978821     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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