Chimerism and tolerance in a recipient of a deceased-donor liver transplant.
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Complete hematopoietic chimerism and tolerance of a liver allograft from a deceased male donor developed in a 9-year-old girl, with no evidence of graft-versus-host disease 17 months after transplantation. The tolerance was preceded by a period of severe hemolysis, reflecting partial chimerism that was refractory to standard therapies. The hemolysis resolved after the gradual withdrawal of all immunosuppressive therapy.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 358 19 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008