Selective disappearance of donor-specific antibodies and absence of acute rejection after liver transplantation in a patient with a strongly positive lymphocyte crossmatch

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-164

  Bastani, Bahar ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Panel reactive antibodies; Rejection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; HYPEROXALURIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33645794061     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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