Characterization of the humoral immune response in two paediatric patients transplanted with split livers from ABO-incompatible living-related donors: Appearance of cytomegalovirus-induced ABO antibodies

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Rydberg, Lennart ^a   Ascher, H ^a   Krantz, M ^a   Kullberg Lindh, C ^a   Olausson, M ^a   Svalander, C ^a   Breimer, M E ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ABO antibodies; Blood group ABO incompatibility; CMV infection; Split liver

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP A; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOANTIBODIES; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 18644370615     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0958-7578.2005.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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