Preemptive therapy with plasmapheresis/intravenous immunoglobulin allows successful live donor renal transplantation in patients with a positive cross-match

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Aged
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Creatinine / blood
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Histocompatibility Testing*
• Humans
• Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use*
• Isoantibodies / blood
• Kidney Transplantation / immunology
• Kidney Transplantation / physiology*
• Living Donors*
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Plasmapheresis*
• Racial Groups
• Retrospective Studies
• Tacrolimus / therapeutic use
• Time Factors
• United States