Brief report: Why did two patients who type for HLA-B13 have antibodies that react with all Bw4 antigens except HLA-B13?

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 217-220

  Marrari, Marilyn ^a   Conca, Raffaele ^b   Praticò Barbato, Loredana ^b   Amoroso, Antonio ^b   Duquesnoy, Rene J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epitope; Eplet; HLA; HLA antibodies; HLAMatchmaker; Nonself self

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B13 ANTIGEN; HLA BW4 ANTIGEN; HLA EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ALLOIMMUNITY; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONSELF SELF ALGORITHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-B13 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY DISEASES, CYSTIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 80054080053     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: 18785492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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