Pushing the boundaries: The current status of ABO-incompatible cardiac transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 791-796

  Irving, Claire ^a   Gennery, Andrew ^a   Kirk, Richard ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABO incompatible; cardiac transplantation; infants; isohaemagglutinins; outcomes

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIBODY; HEMAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863317928     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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