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Detection of antibodies against major histocompatibility complex class I-related chain A in long-term renal graft recipients.
Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Jun 2012
Li Zuowei, Luo Ming, Qiu Jianxin, Liu Yong, Fan Yu, Jahr Fay M, Cai Junchao, Terasaki Paul I
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence, allele specificity, and intensity of anti-MICA antibodies in long-term renal graft recipients and to investigate their association with impaired renal function. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty-eight long-term (> 10 y) renal graft recipients were divided into 2 groups: (1) patients with impaired renal function (serum creatinine ≥ 2 mg/dL, n=6); (2) patients with normal renal...
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