Prior HBV infection is not a contraindication to kidney transplantation. Hepatitis B Virus It is critical to evaluate patients with serologies and HBV DNA viral load prior to transplant. Most patients…
Pregnancy after Kidney Transplantation While end-stage kidney disease is associated with a high rate of infertility likely related to hormonal changes and anovulation, patients undergoing renal transplantation resume menstrual cycles…
Protein Structure All HLA antigens are composed of strings of several polymorphic sites, which may serve as targets, or epitopes, for antibody binding. An important consideration is that HLA antigens…