title: Overcoming the ABO incompatibility barrier in pediatric renal transplantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  ABO blood type incompatibility between a donor and recipient is generally considered a contraindication to kidney transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 12-year-old boy presented with end stage renal disease (blood group B), with the only healthy available donor being mother (blood group AB). The child received renal transplant with mother as the donor, with a designed desensitization and immunosuppressive protocol.
  
  
  METHODS
  At 6 months, child is doing well, with stable graft function.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ABO-incompatible kidney transplantation is a valid alternative for children with end stage renal disease. This is the first report from India of a Pediatric ABO incompatible renal transplant.
authors.affiliation: Kidney and Urology Institute; and *Renal Transplant Institute; Medanta, The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Correspondence to: Dr Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney and Urology Institute, Medanta, The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana 122 001, India. sidsdoc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sidharth Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: Pranaw
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: Shyam Bihari
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kher
mesh_terms: D001787:Blood Group Incompatibility; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male