The emerging issue of MICA antibodies: Antibodies to MICA and other antigens of endothelial cells

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2009, Pages 99-106

  Stastny, Peter ^a,b   Zou, Yizhou ^a   Fan, Yisun ^a   Qin, Zhiqiang ^a   Lavingia, Bhavna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MHC CLASS I RELATED CHAIN A; MHC CLASS I-RELATED CHAIN A; MICB ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW;

ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 59849103437     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000170842     Document Type: Article

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