Histocompatibility Testing for Organ Transplantation Purposes in Albania: A Single Center Experience
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Histocompatibility testing for organ transplantation purposes in Albania: a single center experience.
BACKGROUND Histocompatibility testing (HT) which includes donor-recipient human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching, cross-match testing (XMT) and anti-HLA antibody searching are crucial examinations in solid organ transplantation aiming to avoid the hyperacute graft rejection and also to predict the immunological outcome of the graft. AIMS The aim of this study was to analyse the tissue typing ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Balkan Medical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2146-3123,2146-3131
DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2014.13045