Stratifying Patients Based on Epitope Mismatching: Ready for Primetime?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2021-2022

  Glotz, D ^a   Tambur, A ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Transplant Immunology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AMINO ACID; EPITOPE; HLA A24 ANTIGEN; HLA A9 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ALLOGRAFT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; DONOR SELECTION; EDITORIAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MANAGED CARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE;

EPITOPES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84937513364     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13343     Document Type: Editorial

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