Is administration of rituximab at 375 mg/m2 without splenectomy appropriate for ABO-incompatible renal transplant? [1]

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3019-

  Mitsuhata, N ^a   Fujita, R ^a   Ito, S ^a   Mannami, M ^b   Kojima, K ^b  

^a Kure Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Uwajima Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 DEOXYSPERGUALIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CD20 ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD TOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; NEUTROPENIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; NOTE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 33644816294     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01088.x     Document Type: Letter

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