Sinusoidal C4d deposits in liver allografts indicate an antibody-mediated response: Diagnostic considerations in the evaluation of liver allografts

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 641-658

  Kozlowski, Tomasz ^b   Andreoni, Kenneth ^c   Schmitz, John ^b   Hideo Hayashi, Paul ^b   Nickeleit, Volker ^a  

^a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; DONOR SPECIFIC ALLOANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D STAINING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER ALLOGRAFT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMPLEMENT C4B; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PORTAL VEIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861184830     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23403     Document Type: Article

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