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Flow cytometric analysis of urine lymphocytes isolated from patients with renal transplants--purification of urine lymphocytes.
Journal of immunological methods - 15 Apr 1998
Stachowski J, Barth C, Lewandowska-Stachowiak M, Lammerding P, Runowski D, Baldamus C A
Abstract excerpt
Early diagnosis of rejection is a pivotal problem in renal transplantation. Recent advances in urinary cell analysis using flow cytometry are still burdened with difficulties concerning urine lymphocyte (UL) isolation. The analysis of lymphocytes washed out with the urine from the kidney transplant offers a tool to monitor noninvasively the intragraft immune response. However, the demand for optimal isolation of...
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