Partial HLA matching and RH incompatibility resulting in graft versus host reaction and Evans syndrome after liver transplantation

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 599-601

  Grosskreutz, Celia ^a   Gudzowaty, Oksana ^b   Shi, Patricia ^b   Rodriguez Laiz, Gonzalo ^a   Malone, Adriana ^a   Isola, Luis ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPENIA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HLA MATCHING; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY; SKIN BIOPSY;

AGED; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CHIMERISM; GRAFT VS HOST REACTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SYNDROME;

EID: 45749114229     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21067     Document Type: Article

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