Independent of nephrectomy, weaning immunosuppression leads to late sensitization after kidney transplant failure

Transplantation

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 738-743

  Augustine, Joshua J ^a   Woodside, Kenneth J ^a   Padiyar, Aparna ^a   Sanchez, Edmund Q ^a   Hricik, Donald E ^a   Schulak, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloantibody sensitization; Immunosuppression; Kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SENSITIZATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84867241560     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182612921     Document Type: Article

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