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Subclinical rejection in stable positive crossmatch kidney transplant patients: incidence and correlations.
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons - 1 Aug 2009
Kraus E S, Parekh R S, Oberai P, Lepley D, Segev D L, Bagnasco S, Collins V, Leffell M, Lucas D, Rabb H, Racusen L C, Singer A L, Stewart Z A, Warren D S, Zachary A A, Haas M, Montgomery R A
Abstract excerpt
We reviewed 116 surveillance biopsies obtained approximately 1, 3, 6 and 12 months posttransplantation from 50 +XM live donor kidney transplant recipients to determine the frequency of subclinical cell-mediated rejection (CMR) and antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). Subclinical CMR was present in 39.7% of the biopsies at 1 month and >20% at all other time points. The presence of diffuse C4d on biopsies obtained at...
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