Low risk of alloimmunization to the D antigen in D- orthotopic liver transplant recipients receiving D+ RBCs perioperatively

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2653-2655

  Yuan, Shan ^a   Davis, Rebecca ^a   Lu, Qun ^a   Goldfinger, Dennis ^a   Ziman, Alyssa F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN D; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RAPAMYCIN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOIMMUNIZATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 57249086412     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01959.x     Document Type: Letter

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