High anti-A titres may not preclude ABO-incompatible renal transplantation: An autoantibody could be the culprit

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3794-3796

  Barnett, ^a   Nightingale, Anne ^b   Maggs, Tim ^c   Needs, Malcolm ^b   Williams, Eleanor ^b   Curran, David ^a   Mamode, Nizam ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABO blood group system; Autoantibodies; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DITHIOTHREITOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952199820     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq451     Document Type: Article

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