title: Combined liver/small bowel transplantation using a blood group compatible but nonidentical donor.
abstract: A successful liver/small intestinal transplantation with a blood group O donor to a blood type A recipient is described. Mild graft versus host disease developed, manifested by hemolysis, but did not result in graft loss or patient mortality. This suggests that minor ABO incompatibility may be tolerated with intestinal transplantation, despite the transplantation of large amounts of lymphoid tissue.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Pathology, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sindhi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Landmark
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Heffron
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vanderhoof
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Langnas
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000637:transplantation*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System