Challenges with sensitized recipients in pediatric heart transplantation

The sensitization of patients to human leukocyte antigens prior to heart transplantation is increasingly being recognized as an important challenge both before and after the transplant, and the effects of sensitization on clinical outcomes are just beginning to be understood. Many patients are liste...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Conway, Anne I. Dipchand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2014-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322014001300017&lng=en&tlng=en