ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation with antigen-specific immunoadsorption and rituximab - Insights and uncertainties

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-60

  Geyer, M ^a   Fischer, K G ^a   Drognitz, O ^a   Walz, G ^a   Pisarski, P ^a   Wilpert, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HBH Kliniken Singen   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; REVIEW;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 59849105056     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000170812     Document Type: Article

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