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Methodologies for anti-HLA antibody screening in patients awaiting kidney transplant: a comparative study.

Pellegrino Biagio Minucci, Vincenzo Grimaldi, Amelia Casamassimi, Francesco Cacciatore, Linda Sommese, Antonietta Picascia, Marianna Resse, Chiara Sabia, Adolfo Russo, Claudio Napoli

PubMed · 2011 · 34 citations · 15 references

Abstract

Although Luminex appears more efficient among these assays, our results indicate that use of multiple methods is still the best approach for characterizing the immunologic status of these patients.

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Microdroplet Assay of Human Serum Cytotoxins

Paul I. Terasaki, John D. McClelland · Nature · 1964 · 2.1K citations

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Significance of the Positive Crossmatch Test in Kidney Transplantation

Ramon Patel, Paul I. Terasaki · New England Journal of Medicine · 1969 · 1.5K citations

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HYPERACUTE REJECTION OF KIDNEY ALLOGRAFTS, ASSOCIATED WITH PRE-EXISTING HUMORAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST DONOR CELLS

F Kissmeyer-Nielsen, Steen Olsen, V. Posborg Petersen et al. · The Lancet · 1966 · 907 citations

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IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS AND SPECIFICITY OF ANTIBODIES CAUSING POSITIVE T CELL CROSSMATCHES

Jeremy R. Chapman, Clare Taylor, A. Ting et al. · Transplantation · 1986 · 166 citations

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No Association of Kidney Graft Loss With Human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies Detected Exclusively by Sensitive Luminex Single-Antigen Testing: A Collaborative Transplant Study Report

Caner Süsal, Jörg Ovens, Khaled Mahmoud et al. · Transplantation · 2011 · 118 citations