HLA-A2 reactive antibodies in a patient who types as HLA-A2: The importance of high resolution typing and epitope-based antibody analysis

Transplant Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 141-

  Hahn, A B ^a   Bravo Egana, V ^a   Jackstadt, J L ^a   Conti, D J ^b   Duquesnoy, R J ^c  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody analysis; Epitope; HLA

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; HLA A3 ANTIGEN; HLA A80 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B45 ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA CW12 ANTIGEN; HLA CW15 ANTIGEN; HLA CW16 ANTIGEN; HLA CW17 ANTIGEN; HLA CW18 ANTIGEN; HLA CW2 ANTIGEN; HLA CW4 ANTIGEN; HLA CW5 ANTIGEN; HLA CW6 ANTIGEN; HLA CW7 ANTIGEN; HLA DR11 ANTIGEN; HLA DR15 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALLELE; EPITOPE MAPPING; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REOPERATION;

ADULT; ALLELES; AUTOANTIBODIES; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; REOPERATION;

EID: 84930486426     PISSN: 09663274     EISSN: 18785492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trim.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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