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Nonfiction Usage

Patent Usage

IVIg immunosuppression in HLA-sensitized transplant recipients: Patented by Stanley C. Jordan and Dolly B. Tyan on September 6, 1994. Abstract: Methods are provided for transplanting a histoincompatible organ allograft in a subject, methods for enhancing organ allograft survival in a subject, methods for reducing the amount of anti-HLA alloantibodies in a transplant candidate and methods to make candidate less susceptible to rejection.

Bibliographic Usage

Abderrazik, M., et al. "Anti-F(ab')2 antibody response to the injection of anticlass II HLA alloantibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" appears in The Journal of Rheumatology written by M. Abderrazik, M. Moynier, J. F. Eliaou, D. Levy-Biau, B. Combe, J. Sany, J. Clot and J. Brochier. Published in June 1990.

Ablin, R. J. "Demonstration of alloantibodies to HL-A antigens by immunofluorescence" appears in Urological Research written by R. J. Ablin. Published in December 1973.

Akkoc, N. and J. C. Scornik. "Intramolecular specificity of anti-HLA alloantibodies" appears in Human Immunology written by N. Akkoc and J. C. Scornik. Published in February 1991.

Allen D., Ouwehand W.H., de Haas M., Kekomaki R., Kaplan C., Metcalfe P. Authors of "Interlaboratory variation in the detection of HPA-specific alloantibodies and in molecular HPA typing," published in Vox Sanguinis, vol. 93, no. 4, in November 2007.

Allen, D. L., et al. "Sensitivity of the platelet immunofluorescence test (PIFT) and the MAIPA assay for the detection of platelet-reactive alloantibodies: a report on two U.K. National Platelet Workshop exercises" appears in Transfusion Medicine (Oxford, England) written by D. L. Allen, J. Chapman, P. K. Phillips and W. H. Ouwehand. Published in June 1994.

Ameri, A. and S. Stolte. "Correlation of activated clotting time (ACT) with rFVLLa infusion and clinical efficacy in a patient with Glanzmann thrombasthenia and platelet alloantibodies" appears in Thrombosis and Haemostasis written by A. Ameri and S. Stolte. Published in June 2002.

American Association of Blood Banks. Technical Workshop. Bal Harbour, Fla. Publication of "Practical solutions to a complex problem; identification of multiple alloantibodies in the presence of a strong cold autoantibody: a technical workshop presented by (the) Committee on Workshops of the American Association of Blood Banks." Published in 1974.

Andris, J. S., et al. "The human antibody repertoire: heavy and light chain variable region gene usage in six alloantibodies specific for human HLA class I and class II alloantigens" appears in Molecular Immunology written by J. S. Andris, S. R. Abraham, V. Pascual, M. P. Pistillo, S. Mantero, G. B. Ferrara and J. D. Capra. Published in October 1995.

Arber C., Bertrand G., Halter J., Boehlen F., Kaplan C., Gratwohl A. Authors of "Platelet refractoriness due to combined anti-HLA and anti-HPA-5a alloantibodies: clinical management during myeloablative allogeneic HSCT and development of a quantitative MAIPA assay," published in British Journal of Haematology, vol. 139, no. 1, p. 159-61, in October 2007.

• Preface iv
• Nonfiction Usage 1
• Patent Usage 1
• Bibliographic Usage 1
• Index 35