Open AccessA POSITIVE CROSSMATCH IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION-NO EFFECT OR INAPPROPRIATE ANALYSIS?
Author(s) -
Mark Hathaway,
Bridget K. Gunson,
Adrian Keogh,
David Briggs,
P McMaster,
James Neuberger
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-199707150-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , antibody , panel reactive antibody , liver transplantation , transplantation , immunology , gastroenterology , donor specific antibodies , urology , kidney transplantation
Controversy over the relationship of preformed lymphocytotoxic antibodies and liver graft outcome remains. Because graft loss associated with preformed lymphocytotoxic antibodies probably occurs early after transplant, analysis of long-term survival is of questionable value. We therefore prospectively analyzed the effect on short- and long-term graft survival of the presence of lymphocytotoxic alloantibody in 207 primary adult liver allograft recipients.