Antibody-mediated rejection of a pancreas allograft

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-428

  Melcher, M L ^a   Olson, J L ^a   Baxter Lowe, L A ^a   Stock, P G ^a   Posselt, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody mediated rejection; Antidonor alloantibody; C4d; Humoral rejection; Pancreas transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; AMYLASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; GAMUNEX; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CAPILLARY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE COURSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; RENAL CIRCULATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644893927     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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