HLA high-resolution typing for sensitized patients: A solution in search of a problem?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 855-856

  Cecka, J M ^a   Reed, E F ^a   Zachary, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alloantibody; and allocation; clinical research practice; donors and donation: deceased; editorial personal viewpoint; histocompatibility; histocompatibility complex (MHC); immunogenetics; kidney transplantation nephrology; major; organ allocation; organ procurement

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN;

ADSORPTION; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; EDITORIAL; ELUTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY;

HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 84925247349     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13169     Document Type: Editorial

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