ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation-proposal of an intensified apheresis strategy for patients with high initial isoagglutinine titers

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 314-322

  Wilpert, Jochen ^a   Geyer, Marcel ^a   Teschner, Sven ^a   Schaefer, Tobias ^a   Pisarski, Przemyslaw ^a   Schulz Huotari, Christian ^a   Gropp, Anette ^a   Wisniewski, Ursula ^a   Goebel, Heike ^a   Gerke, Peter ^a   Walz, Gerd ^a   Donauer, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ABOi; Immunoadsorption; Indirect antiglobulin test; Kidney transplantation; Titer reduction rate

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMA VOLUME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SAFETY; TITRIMETRY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949151846     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20153     Document Type: Article

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