Article
HLA associated cytotoxic antibody production in dialyzed chronic uraemic patients.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Jan 1995
Kovanecz I, Petri I, Kaiser G
Abstract excerpt
We studied the level of the cytotoxic anti-HLA antibodies (CTA) in 90 hemodialyzed chronic uraemic patients who were on waiting list of transplantation. An association between alleles of HLA A1, B8, DR3 haplotype and the level of CTA was studied. The ratio of the reduced CTA producing subjects was significantly higher in the HLA B8 and DR3 carriers. We could observe the highest ratio in the joint appearance of...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Renal Dialysis
- Uremia
