Transnational validation of the Australian algorithm for virtual crossmatch allocation in kidney paired donation

Human Immunology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 500-505

  Böhmig, Georg A ^a   Fidler, Samantha ^b,c   Christiansen, Frank T ^b,c   Fischer, Gottfried ^a   Ferrari, Paolo ^d,e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

AKX; BCXM; DSA; KPD; MFI; NOMS; PRA; TCXM

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP O; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRIA; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 84876327861     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2013.01.029     Document Type: Article

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