Donor-specific HLA antibodies in paediatric cardiac transplant recipients are associated with poor graft survival

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-197

  Irving, Claire ^a   Carter, Vaughan ^b   Parry, Gareth ^a   Hasan, Asif ^a   Kirk, Richard ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donor; human leucocyte antigens; transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA ANTIBODY; HLA B ANTIBODY; HLA C ANTIBODY; HLA DP ANTIBODY; HLA DQ ANTIBODY; HLA DR ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC ALLOGRAFT VASCULOPATHY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETRANSPLANTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; ISOANTIBODIES; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951639173     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01446.x     Document Type: Article

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