Those Donor Leucocytes Again? This Time It's VITT!

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Liver StudiesKing's College HospitalLondonUK.
² Australian National Liver Transplant UnitRoyal Prince Alfred HospitalSydneyNSWAustralia.

Editorial

Oliver D Tavabie et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;28(2):164-166.

doi: 10.1002/lt.26372. Epub 2021 Dec 8.

¹ Institute of Liver StudiesKing's College HospitalLondonUK.
² Australian National Liver Transplant UnitRoyal Prince Alfred HospitalSydneyNSWAustralia.

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New-Onset Antibodies to Platelet Factor 4 Following Liver Transplantation From a Donor With Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia.
Valsecchi M, Lauterio A, Crocchiolo R, De Carlis R, Pugliano M, Centonze L, Ferla F, Zaniboni M, Veronese S, Podda GM, Belli L, Rossini S, De Carlis L, Fumagalli R. Valsecchi M, et al. Liver Transpl. 2022 Feb;28(2):314-316. doi: 10.1002/lt.26277. Epub 2021 Sep 16. Liver Transpl. 2022. PMID: 34416086 No abstract available.

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