Antilymphocyte Globulins- Clinical Use
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Polyclonal Anti-T Cell Antibodies in Renal Transplantation
Polyclonal anti-T cell antibodies or antilymphocyte serum (ALS) are xenogeneic antihuman polyclonal antibodies, more precisely antithymocyte globulins (ATG). They are prepared by immunizing rabbits or horses with human lymphoid cells derived from the thymus. They were first prepared for clinical use in horses [1] and followed by a more potent preparation in rabbits. Despite some problems of usi...
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Clinical reactions and serologic in all cases, to alpha globulins in 9 cases, and to SuMM*~y changes after intramuscular adgamma globulins in only 1. This h d i n g indicates ministration of horse anti-human lymphocyte that a safer ALG could be made by removing the globulin (ALG) were studied in 53 human retrace quantities of alpha and beta globulins from cipients of renal homografts. The ALG w...
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تاریخ انتشار 2010