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January 24, 2020

Eplet mismatches and de novo donor-specific antibody development in pediatric kidney transplant recipients

BACKGROUND The presence of HLA de novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA) is associated, probably causally, with failure of kidney transplants. In a pediatric kidney transplant population, we sought to determine the extent to which eplet mismatches (MM) are associated with the development of dnDSA. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of pediatric kidney transplant recipients…