The HLA system: immunobiology, HLA typing, antibody screening and crossmatching techniques

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The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) system plays a critical role in regulating the immune response. As a consequence of its role in immune regulation and exquisite polymorphism, the HLA system also constitutes an immunological barrier which must be avoided or otherwise overcome in clinical transplantation. This introductory review provides a brief summary of the immunobiology of the HLA system and methodology for...

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