Eculizumab for Treatment of Refractory Antibody-Mediated Rejection in Kidney Transplant Patients: A Single-Center Experience

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1754-1759

  Yelken, B ^a   Arpali, E ^a   Gorcin S ^a   Kocak, B ^a   Karatas, C ^a   Demiralp, E ^a   Turkmen, A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BASILIXIMAB; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; CREATININE; ECULIZUMAB; HLA B13 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; PANEL REACTIVE ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RAPAMYCIN; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOXICITY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEROID THERAPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; YOUNG ADULT; CASE REPORT; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939456967     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2015.06.029     Document Type: Article

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