Detection of c4d deposition in cardiac allografts a comparative study of immunofluorescence and immunoperoxidase methods

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1679-1684

  Miller, Dylan V ^a   Roden, Anja C ^b   Gamez, Jeffrey D ^b   Tazelaar, Henry D ^c  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT C4D; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C4B; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78249231433     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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