Antibody-Mediated Rejection of the Heart in the Setting of Autoimmune Demyelinating Polyneuropathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Background. Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) is caused by the production of donor-specific antibodies (DSA) which lead to allograft injury in part via complement activation. The inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathies (IDP) are inflammatory disorders of the nervous system, involving both cellul...

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Main Authors: Kathryn J. Lindley, Ashwin K. Ravichandran, Joel Schilling, Susan M. Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/639284