Case report: Eculizumab rescue of severe accelerated antibody-mediated rejection after ABO-incompatible kidney transplant

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3033-3036

  Stewart, Z A ^a   Collins, T E ^a   Schlueter, A J ^a   Raife, T I ^a   Holanda, D G ^a   Nair, R ^a   Reed, A I ^a   Thomas, C P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; CREATININE; ECULIZUMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870244762     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.03.053     Document Type: Article

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