COVID-19 in a pediatric heart transplant recipient: Emergence of donor-specific antibodies

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
² Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California.
³ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California; Ahmanson/University of California Los Angeles Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: lreardon@mednet.ucla.edu.

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Matthew R Russell et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Jul.

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doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.04.021. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California.
² Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, California.
³ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, California; Ahmanson/University of California Los Angeles Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Los Angeles, California. Electronic address: lreardon@mednet.ucla.edu.

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First cases of COVID-19 in heart transplantation from China.
Li F, Cai J, Dong N. Li F, et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 May;39(5):496-497. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.03.006. Epub 2020 Mar 17. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020. PMID: 32362394 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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