Article
Immunological profile of patients awaiting a renal transplant.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Oct 2004
Díaz Inmaculada, Sánchez Pilar, Alonso Clara, Valdés Francisco
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A renal transplant is the best possible treatment for patients with terminal renal failure. Advances in the development of techniques of screening of pre-formed antibodies have contributed to a notable improvement in the results obtained with allogenic transplants. METHODS: The aim of the present work is to study the nature, class, isotype and specificity of antibodies detected in patients awaiting...
Topics
- Adult
- Antibodies
- Antibody Specificity
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Graft Survival
- HLA Antigens
- HLA-B Antigens
- Histocompatibility
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes
