Plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of antibody-mediated rejection after kidney transplantation: A single-center historic cohort study

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1524-1527

  Gubensek, J ^a   Buturovic Ponikvar, J ^a   Kandus, A ^a   Arnol, M ^a   Kovac, J ^a   Marn Pernat, A ^a   Lindic, J ^a   Kovac, D ^a   Ponikvar, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA EXCHANGE;

EID: 84878535902     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.09.123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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