Severe hemolysis resulting from D incompatibility in a case of ABO-identical liver transplant

Transfusion

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1635-1639

  Fung, Mark K ^a   Sheikh, Hina ^b   Eghtesad, Bijan ^b   Lopez Plaza, Ileana ^b  

^a FLETCHER ALLEN HEALTH CARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; CYCLOSPORIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP O; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; D INCOMPATIBILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETICULOCYTE; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISOANTIBODIES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 7244257798     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.03382.x     Document Type: Article

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