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Liver transplantation in Diego blood disparity: a case report.
Transplantation - 27 Feb 2007
Sawada Tokihiko, Kubota Keiichi, Kita Junji, Furihata Tadashi, Iso Yukihiro, Kato Masato, Rokkaku Kyu, Shimoda Mitsugi
Abstract excerpt
The Di antigen in the Diego blood type system is an anthropologic marker of Mongoloids. Here, we report the first case of liver transplantation involving donor/recipient Diego blood type disparity. The recipient was a 58-year-old woman who had developed fulminant hepatic failure, and her 32-year-old daughter was a candidate donor. The recipient and the donor were both ABO blood type O, and were Di (a- b+) and Di...
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