title: [ABO-incompatible renal transplantation].
abstract: The growth of living donor kidney transplantation, facilitated by revision of the French Bioethics Law of 6 August 2004, is sometimes fJced with the problem of ABO blood group incompatibility between the recipient and a potential donor. Are the risks of ABO-incompatible organ transplantation sufficiently mastered to allow satisfactory results? The authors conducted a review of ABO-incompatible transplantations in the light of the current state of knowledge on the immunological mechanisms involved and a systematic review of the international literature to define their level of proof.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Urologie, Hôpital Salvator, Marseille, France. yann.neuzillet@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Yann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Neuzillet
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lechevallier
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System