Anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies after islet transplantation: what do they really mean?

Transplantation

Institut de transplantation et de Recherche en Transplantation (ITERT), Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Division of Transplantation, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Nantes, France.

Published: July 2008

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