Antibody-mediated Rejection Without Acute Graft Dysfunction in Adult ABO-compatible Heart Transplantation: a Case of Accommodation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1357-1360

  Angelini, Annalisa ^a   Castellani, Chiara ^a   Poli, Francesca ^b   Benazzi, Elena ^b   Torregrossa, Gianluca ^a   Tona, Francesco ^a   Gambino, Antonio ^a   Caforio, Alida P ^a   Feltrin, Giuseppe ^a   Toscano, Giuseppe ^a   Valente, Marialuisa ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Gerosa, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; EVEROLIMUS; GANCICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

'ACCOMODATION'; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEVER; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049121235     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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