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PREGNANCY CAN INDUCE PRIMING OF CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTES SPECIFIC FOR PATERNAL HLA ANTIGENS THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIBODY FORMATION
1 Sept 1996
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Some transplant centers consider paternal HLA antigens as unacceptable mismatches for mothers awaiting kidney transplantation. It is feared that a pregnancy may cause priming of the maternal immune response directed toward paternal HLA antigens. Should a woman receive an organ from a donor who shares those paternal HLA antigens, the risk of graft rejection might be increased. It is known that some women, as a...
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