|
|||||
|
|
De Novo HLA Sensitization and Antibody Mediated Rejection Following Pregnancy in a Heart Transplant Recipient |
|
| Authors: | P. J. O'Boyle J. D. Smith A. J. Danskine H. S. Lyster M. M. Burke N. R. Banner |
| Affiliation: | Departments of Cardiology and Transplant Medicine, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK;Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, South Kensington Campus, London, UK |
| Abstract: | Here we report a case wherein both donor-specific and third-party, paternal, HLA class II specific antibodies developed following a spontaneous miscarriage resulting in antibody-mediated rejection in a patient who had undergone an orthotopic cardiac transplant six years earlier. |
| Keywords: | Antibody-mediated rejection cardiac allograft rejection cardiac transplant HLA antibodies humoral rejection pregnancy after transplantation |