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Higgins R, Lowe D, Hathaway M, Lam F, Kashi H, Tan L, et al.
Ther Apher Dial . 2010 Jul; 14(4):392-9. PMID: 20649760
Double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) was used in preference to plasma exchange in our program of antibody-incompatible transplantation, to treat higher volumes of plasma. Forty-two patients had 259 sessions of DFPP,...
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Hamer R, Roche L, Smillie D, Harmer A, Mitchell D, Molostvov G, et al.
Transpl Immunol . 2010 Jul; 23(4):161-5. PMID: 20600903
HLA antibody-incompatible transplantation has a higher risk of rejection when compared to standard renal transplantation. Soluble CD30 (sCD30) has been shown in many, but not all, studies to be a...
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Higgins R, Zehnder D, Chen K, Lowe D, McKinnell J, Lam F, et al.
Nephrol Dial Transplant . 2009 Nov; 25(4):1306-12. PMID: 19934085
Background: The aim of this study was to examine the development of acute antibody-mediated rejection in HLA antibody-incompatible renal transplantation in relation to the Banff 07 histological classification. Methods: Renal...
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Jain P, Cockwell P, Little J, Ferring M, Nicholas J, Richards N, et al.
Nephrol Dial Transplant . 2009 Sep; 24(12):3840-6. PMID: 19755474
Introduction: Accurate assessment of determinants of patient survival in end-stage renal disease is important for counselling, clinical management and resource planning. To address this we have analysed survival and risk...
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Higgins R, Mitchell D
Transplantation . 2009 Jul; 88(2):149-50. PMID: 19623008
No abstract available.
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Higgins R, Lowe D, Hathaway M, Lam F, Kashi H, Tan L, et al.
Transplantation . 2009 Mar; 87(6):882-8. PMID: 19300192
Background: After human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody-incompatible transplantation, donor specific and third party HLA antibodies may be found, and their levels fall in a donor-specific manner during the first month....
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Higgins R, Hathaway M, Lowe D, Zehnder D, Krishnan N, Hamer R, et al.
J Ren Care . 2008 May; 34(2):85-93. PMID: 18498573
Antibodies in the blood of a kidney transplant recipient can provide a barrier to transplantation, which is additional to the usual possibility of cellular rejection. The antibodies most frequently encountered...
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Higgins R, Hathaway M, Lowe D, Lam F, Kashi H, Tan L, et al.
Transplantation . 2007 Nov; 84(7):876-84. PMID: 17984841
Background: Accommodation to antibody is an important mechanism in successful ABO-incompatible transplantation, but its importance in human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibody-incompatible transplantation is less clear, as sensitive techniques facilitating daily...
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Higgins R
Practitioner . 2003 Dec; 247(1652):830, 834-6, 838. PMID: 14640047
No abstract available.
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Higgins R, West N, Fletcher S, Stein A, Lam F, Kashi H
Nephrol Dial Transplant . 2003 Mar; 18(4):851-2. PMID: 12637669
No abstract available.