Antibody depletion for the treatment of crossmatch-positive pediatric heart transplant recipients.

Daly, Kevin P; Chandler, Stephanie F; Almond, Christopher S; Singh, Tajinder P; Mah, Helen; Milford, Edgar; Matte, Gregory S; Bastardi, Heather J; Mayer, John E; Fynn-Thompson, Francis; Blume, Elizabeth D

Daly, Kevin P; Chandler, Stephanie F; Almond, Christopher S; Singh, Tajinder P; Mah, Helen; Milford, Edgar; Matte, Gregory S; Bastardi, Heather J; Mayer, John E; Fynn-Thompson, Francis; Blume, Elizabeth D.

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Daly KP; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Pediatr Transplant ; 17(7): 661-9, 2013 Nov.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23919762

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Antibodies/immunology; Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; Graft Rejection/immunology; Heart Transplantation/methods; Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Graft Survival; HLA Antigens/immunology; Heart Failure/immunology; Heart Failure/surgery; Humans; Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/administration & dosage; Immunosuppressive Agents/therapeutic use; Infant; Male; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome

Key words

anti-HLA antibody; antibody-mediated rejection; infectious risk; outcome; pediatric heart transplantation; plasmapheresis

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic / Heart Transplantation / Graft Rejection / Antibodies Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Language: En Journal: Pediatr Transplant Journal subject: PEDIATRIA / TRANSPLANTE Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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