Editorial: And justice for all: Consideration of ABO compatibility in allocation of hearts for infant transplantation

Circulation

Volumn 121, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1884-1886

  West, Lori J ^a   Platt, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ABO blood group system; Editorials; Infant; Outcomes; Transplantation; Transplantation tolerance

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; EDITORIAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL RISK; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; DONOR; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; NOTE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFANT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77951879185     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3181e0b032     Document Type: Editorial

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