Lymphocytotoxic crossmatch in pediatric living donor liver transplantation

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-199

  Saito, Takeshi ^a,b   Mizuta, Koichi ^a   Hishikawa, Shuji ^a   Kawano, Youichi ^a   Sanada, Yukihiro ^a   Fujiwara, Takehito ^a   Yasuda, Yoshikazu ^a   Sugimoto, Koichi ^a   Sakamoto, Koichi ^a   Kawarasaki, Hideo ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute rejection; Graft survival; Humoral theory; Living donor liver transplantation; Lymphocytotoxic crossmatch; Pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVING DONOR; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59449105150     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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