Cryofiltration in the Treatment of Cryoglobulinemia and HLA Antibody-Incompatible Transplantation

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-96

  Sinha, Devan ^a   Lambie, Mark ^a   Krishnan, Nithya ^a   Mcsorley, Kath ^a   Hamer, Rizwan ^a   Lowe, Dave ^c   Briggs, David ^c   Fletcher, Simon ^a   Zehnder, Daniel ^a,b   Higgins, Rob M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryofiltration; Cryoglobulinemia; HLA antibody; Plasmapheresis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; HLA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOFILTRATION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DOUBLE FILTRATION PLASMAPHERESIS; FEMALE; HLA ANTIBODY INCOMPATIBLE RENAL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PLASMA; PLASMA VOLUME; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 84855981949     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2011.01004.x     Document Type: Article

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