Safe transplantation of blood type A2 livers to blood type o recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1071-1073

  Fishbein, Thomas M ^a   Emre, Sukru ^a   Guy, Stephen R ^a   Sheiner, Patricia A ^a   Kim, Leona H ^a   Schwartz, Myron E ^a   Miller, Charles M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; TACROLIMUS;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP O; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SAFETY; SURVIVAL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INCIDENCE; ISOANTIBODIES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; REOPERATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0033560774     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199904150-00024     Document Type: Article

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