Kidney Transplants
New Kidney Transplants Study Results from Children's Hospital Described
Published in Blood Weekly, March 29th, 2012
2012 MAR 29 -- "Due to the profound shortage of suitable deceased allografts, much effort has been made to investigate whether successful kidney transplantation (KT) is possible across the ABO blood group barrier even for pediatric recipients. We reviewed 52 consecutive ABO incompatible (ABOic) transplantation performed between September 1989 and March 2011," scientists writing in the journal Transplantation Proceedings report.
"The mean age at transplantation was 10.6 +/- 3.9 years (range, 4.4-19.7), with 35 boys and 17 girls. The donor-to-recipient ABO blood antigen incompatibility was as follows: A1/O (n = 17); B/O (n = 13); A1/B (n = 6); B/A1 (n...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2012-03-29)
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