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HLA typing from human donor eyes

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A method for HLA-ABC and HLA-DR typing of human donor eyes using pigmented retinal epithelial and uveal cells cultured in the presence of human recombinant γ-interferon is described.

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  1. Second Department of Ophthalmology, Alserstrasse 4, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    Isabella Baumgartner, Veronika Huber-Spitzy & Günther Grabner

  2. Institut für Transfusionsmedizin Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, D-5100, Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Wolfgang R. Mayr

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  1. Isabella Baumgartner
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This work was generously supported by the “Medizinisch-Wissenschaftlichen Fonds des Bürgermeisters der Bundeshauptstadt Wien” and the “Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung”

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Baumgartner, I., Huber-Spitzy, V., Grabner, G. et al. HLA typing from human donor eyes. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 227, 541–543 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02169449

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