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Successful ABO-incompatible living donor kidney transplantation in a recipient who developed flow cytometry crossmatch-positive donor-specific class I HLA antibodies following COVID-19 vaccination.
HLA - 1 Jul 2022
Kim Jae Kwon, Bae Hyunjoo, Ko Geon Young, Lee Jihyun, Jung Jin, Jekarl Dong Wook, Choi Ae-Ran, Lee Sangyoon, Chung Byung Ha, Yang Chul Woo, Park Sun Cheol, Oh Eun-Jee
Abstract excerpt
The effects of COVID-19 vaccination on alloimmunization and clinical impact in transplant candidates remain largely unknown. In a 61-year-old man who had no donor-specific antibodies (DSA) and was planned to undergo ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation (ABOi KT), DSAs (anti-A24, anti-B51, and anti-Cw14) developed after COVID-19 vaccination. After desensitization therapy, antibody level was further increased,...
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