EpHLA software: A timesaving and accurate tool for improving identification of acceptable mismatches for clinical purposes

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 230-234

  Filho, Herton Luiz Alves Sales ^a   Sousa, Luiz Claudio Demes da Mata ^a   Von Glehn, Cristina de Queiroz Carrascosa ^b   Da Silva, Adalberto Socorro ^a   Neto, Pedro de Alcântara dos Santos ^a   Nascimento, Fernando Ferraz do ^a   De Castro, José Adail Fonseca ^a,c   Nascimento, Liliane Machado do ^b   Kneib, Carolina ^b   Cazarote, Helena Bianchi ^b   Kitamura, Daniele Mayumi ^b   Torres, Juliane Roberta Dias ^a   Lopes, Laiane da Cruz ^a   Barros, Lexlanna Aryela Loureiro ^a   Edlin, Evelin Nildiane da Silva ^a   De Moura, Fernanda Sá Leal ^a   Watanabe, Janine Midori Figueiredo ^a   Monte, Semiramis Jamil Hadad do ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody; Epitope; HLA; Software

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPHLA SOFTWARE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84860498028     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: 18785492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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