Plasmapheresis followed by intravenous immunoglobulin in presensitized patients awaiting thoracic organ transplantation

Therapeutic Apheresis

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-151

  Robinson, John A ^a,b   Radvany, Ruta M ^a   Mullen, Martin G ^a   Garrity Jr , Edward R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intravenous immunoglobulin; Plasmapheresis; Presensitized patients; Thoracic organ transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PLASMAPHERESIS;

FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0031129069     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.1997.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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