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Overcoming a positive crossmatch in living-donor kidney transplantation
James M Gloor1, Steven R DeGoey, Alvaro A Pineda
1Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Mayo Foundation and Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Abstract:
Many patients who have an otherwise acceptable living-kidney donor do not undergo transplantation because of the presence of antibodies against the donor cells resulting in a positive crossmatch. In the current study, 14 patients with a positive cytotoxic crossmatch (titer