Optimal measures for the prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in high-risk orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) patients are unknown. The charts of high-risk OLT recipients with 12 months of follow-up who were transplanted over a 44-month period were reviewed. The incidence of CMV disease in CMV-seropos
Low risk of alloimmunization to the D antigen in D− orthotopic liver transplant recipients receiving D+ RBCs perioperatively
✍ Scribed by Shan Yuan; Rebecca Davis; Qun Lu; Dennis Goldfinger; Alyssa F. Ziman
- Book ID
- 109144324
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0372-1248
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