Successful Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation from Living-Related Donor Against Positive Cross-Match

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 140-143

  Sammartino, Cinzia ^a   Pham, Thuy ^a   Panaro, Fabrizio ^a   Bogetti, Diego ^a   Jarzembowski, Tomasz ^a   Sankary, Howard ^a   Morelli, Nicola ^a   Testa, Giuliano ^a   Benedetti, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossmatch; Plasma exchange; Simultaneous kidney pancreas transplant

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD20; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PANCREAS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 0742266703     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-6135.2003.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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