Effectiveness of rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in renal transplant recipients with chronic active antibody-mediated rejection

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 182-184

  Hong, Y A ^a   Kim, H G ^a   Choi, S R ^a   Sun, I O ^a   Park, H S ^a   Chung, B H ^a   Choi, B S ^a   Park, C W ^a   Kim, Y S ^a   Yang, C W ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; RITUXIMAB;

CHRONIC ACTIVE ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; ISOANTIBODIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PROTEINURIA; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863355667     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.12.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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