ABO-incompatible renal transplantation without splenectomy between husband and wife among the ever oldest patients [3]

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3040-3041

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

^a Kure Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Uwajima Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

AGED; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LETTER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AGED; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 33751193502     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01580.x     Document Type: Letter

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