Severe haemolysis after an ABO unmatched kidney transplant - A nonsecretor transplanted from a donor with high anti-A titre

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-89

  Sternberg, A J ^a   Lee, G ^a,b   Croxton, T ^a   Mundy, N ^a   Morris, P ^b   Littlewood, T J ^a   Murphy, M F ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Blood groups; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034105283     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2000.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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