A modified protocol with rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulin in emergent ABO-incompatible liver transplantation for acute liver failure

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 395-401

  Shen, Tian ^a   Lin, Bing Yi ^a   Jia, Jun Jun ^a   Wang, Zhuo Yi ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Ling, Qi ^a   Geng, Lei ^a   Yan, Sheng ^a   Zheng, Shu Sen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ABO incompatible liver transplantation; acute liver failure; intravenous immunoglobulin; rituximab

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EMERGENCY; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928583262     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-3872(14)60268-X     Document Type: Article

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