Development of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Antibodies Against Vascular Homograft Donor in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.
CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the prevalence of DSAs against homograft donor prior to HTx is relatively rare. However, almost half of the patients developed DSAs against homograft post-HTx. The clinical importance of these antibodies warrants further studies.
PMID: 31383839 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Jahnukainen T, Lauronen J, Raissadati A, Pihkala JI, Ylinen E, Puntila JT, Salminen JT, Pätilä T, Mattila IP, Jalanko HJ Tags: Ann Transplant Source Type: research
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