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Transplant Recipient Kidney from Living DonorEliasFACS, Nahel
Type A subgroup is rare in Japan, and kidney transplant to a type A subgroup recipient is rare worldwide. A 65-year-old man presented for living-donor kidney transplant. Blood group testing showed that his wife (kidney donor) had blood group type A. The patient (recipient) had a type ...
Mayer-Rokitansky-K??ster-Hauser syndrome is a rare disorder consisting of vaginal aplasia and other m??llerian duct abnormalities. Urinary tract malfor-mations possibly leading to renal failure are also common. For these patients, kidney transplant remains the best option. However, aberrant anatomy...
Becoming a living kidney donor can be a heroic act, but it has its downsides: increased risks of health complications and occasionally, diseases that may create the need for the donor to have a kidney transplant later in life. In recognition of these possible consequences, livingkidney donorswho...
Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients and Clinical Trials: Participation Profiles and Impact on Post-Transplant Caredoi:10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01504.xClinicaltrialkidneytransplantlivingdonoroutcomesMany transplant physicians believe that transplant candidates who enroll in clinical trials may have better ...
Living donor kidney transplantation in patients with donor-specific HLA antibodies enabled by anti-CD20 therapy and peritransplant apheresis Objective Due to increasing waiting times for deceased donor kidneys, living donor kidney transplantation is increasingly performed in the presence of dono... Katrin...
Cadaver versus living donor kidneys: Impact of donor factors on antigen induction before transplantation. Background It is widely recognized that living-related donor (LRD) renal allografts have a higher overall graft survival than cadaver donor transplants. We tested the hypothesis that part of this...
Kidney transplant dates to 1954, when it was first successfully completed by Dr. Joseph Murray, at Brigham Hospital, in Boston. The surgery was performed in identical twins, using an open technique [1,2]. Historical efforts by a myriad of specialties, including nephrology, immunology, and surge...
It is well known that the presence of alloantibodies against HLA class I (A, B, C) and class II (DR, DQ) antigens in transplant recipients waiting for a first or subsequent kidney transplant has a significant negative impact on graft outcome, with increased acute and chronic rejection rates...