Occurrence of Fatal and Nonfatal Adverse Outcomes after Heart Transplantation in Patients with Pretransplant Noncytotoxic HLA Antibodies
HLA antibodies (HLA ab) in transplant candidates have been associated with poor outcome. However, clinical relevance of noncytotoxic antibodies after heart transplant (HT) is controversial. By using a Luminex-based HLA screening, we retested pretransplant sera from HT recipients testing negative for...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Transplantation |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/519680 |