Early and Sustained Reduction in Donor-Specific Antibodies in Desensitized Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients: A 3-Year Prospective Study.

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Published in Transplant Direct on January 11, 2016

Authors

David Shaffer1, Irene D Feurer2, Deborah Crowe3, Heidi Schaefer1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
2: Departments of Surgery and Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
3: DCI Laboratory, Nashville, TN.

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