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. 2011:2011:970421.
doi: 10.1155/2011/970421. Epub 2011 Dec 10.

ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation-Current Status and Uncertainties

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ABO Incompatible Kidney Transplantation-Current Status and Uncertainties

Milljae Shin et al. J Transplant. 2011.

Abstract

In the past, ABO blood group incompatibility was considered an absolute contraindication for kidney transplantation. Progress in defined desensitization practice and immunologic understanding has allowed increasingly successful ABO incompatible transplantation during recent years. This paper focused on the history, disserted outcomes, desensitization modalities and protocols, posttransplant immunologic surveillance, and antibody-mediated rejection in transplantation with an ABO incompatible kidney allograft. The mechanism underlying accommodation and antibody-mediated injury was also described.

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