title: Immunomagnetic bead cell isolates reduce kidney donor cold ischemia time, STAT crossmatch time and histocompatibility test cost.
abstract: The use of immunomagnetic beads for STAT cadaveric crossmatching for renal transplantation reduces test cost by 50%, laboratory work-up time by 50% and cold ischemia time by 4 h as compared with the nylon wool method of T- and B-lymphocyte separation.
authors.affiliation: Maine Medical Center Research Institute, South Portland 04106, USA.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Breton
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Breggia
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Emmons
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Szatkowski
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Mahoney
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology; D002102:Cadaver; D002469:Cell Separation; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D018189:Immunomagnetic Separation / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology; D013997:Time Factors