Successful Desensitization by Post-Centrifugal Plasma Filtration in Two Highly Sensitized Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients

Ann Lab Med. 2020 Sep;40(5):431-434. doi: 10.3343/alm.2020.40.5.431.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Antibodies / blood
  • Antibodies / isolation & purification
  • Centrifugation
  • Desensitization, Immunologic / methods*
  • Female
  • Graft Rejection / drug therapy
  • Graft Rejection / prevention & control*
  • HLA Antigens / immunology
  • Heart Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Lung Transplantation* / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Plasmapheresis
  • Rituximab / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Antibodies
  • HLA Antigens
  • Rituximab