Equivalent outcomes for pediatric heart transplantation recipients: ABO-blood group incompatible versus ABO-compatible

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 389-397

  Dipchand, A I ^a   Pollock Barziv, S M ^a   Manlhiot, C ^a   West, L J ^b   Vandervliet, M ^a   McCrindle, B W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABO incompatibility; Heart transplantation; Pediatric transplantation; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; HLA ANTIGEN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACCOMMODATION; ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEDOM; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANTIBODIES; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CHILD; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; INFANT; METHOTREXATE; PEDIATRICS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 75149194741     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02934.x     Document Type: Article

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