How did a patient who types for HLA-B*4403 develop antibodies that react with HLA-B*4402?

Human Immunology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-178

  Lomago, Jon ^a   Jelenik, Larry ^a   Zern, Dwayne ^a   Howe, Judy ^a   Martell, Joan ^a   Zeevi, Adriana ^a   Duquesnoy, Rene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eplet; HLA antibodies; HLAMatchmaker

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA B ANTIGEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HLA MATCHING; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES; CROSS REACTIONS; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-B ANTIGENS; HLA-C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 74449090409     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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