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Combined liver/small bowel transplantation using a blood group compatible but nonidentical donor
R Sindhi1, J Landmark, B W Shaw
1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Transplantation
|June 27, 1996
Abstract:
A successful liver/small intestinal transplantation with a blood group O donor to a blood type A recipient is described. Mild graft versus host disease developed, manifested by hemolysis, but did not result in graft loss or patient mortality. This suggests that minor ABO incompatibility may be tolerated with intestinal transplantation, despite the transplantation of large amounts of lymphoid tissue.