Humoral graft-versus-host disease after pancreas transplantation with an ABO-compatible and RH-nonidentical donor. Case report and a rationale for preoperative screening

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1414-1416

  Sindhi, Rakesh ^a   Landmark, James ^a   Stratta, Robert J ^a   Cushing, Kathleen ^a   Taylor, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 0029876849     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199605150-00025     Document Type: Article

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