Epitope Matching in Kidney Allocation
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 - 14:00 to 15:00
Polling questions and answers are available for download here.
Speaker: Massimo Mangiola, PhD • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Moderator: Julie Yabu, MD • UCLA
After participating in this webinar, the learner will be able to:
- Describe epitopes in the context of transplantation.
- Discuss the importance of epitopes in HLA compatiblity and optimizing graft outcome.
- Summarize how to potentially use "epitope tools" in HLA antibody analysis and matching of donors and recipients pairs.
Presenter:
Massimo Mangiola
Education Category:
Session ID:
375
Identification code:
WEB170927
Series category:
T3: Timely Topics in Transplantion
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