DEVELOPMENT OF ELISA-DETECTED ANTI-HLA ANTIBODIES PRECEDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME AND CORRELATES WITH PROGRESSIVE DECLINE IN PULMONARY FUNCTION AFTER LUNG TRANSPLANTATION1

Background.Development of anti-HLA antibodies after lung transplantation (LT) is thought to play an important role in the etiology of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). However, a cause-effect relationship between anti-HLA antibodies and BOS has not been established. This study was conducted t