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Rapid-onset Antibody-mediated Renal Allograft Rejection Caused by HLA-Bw4

  • Hae In Bang (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Kootae Park (Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Yon Hee Kim (Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Soon Hyo Kwon (Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Jeong Won Shin (Department of Laboratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital) ;
  • So Young Jin (Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital) ;
  • Jin Seok Jeon (Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital)
  • Received : 2025.03.26
  • Accepted : 2025.07.07
  • Published : 2025.09.01

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported by the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.

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