Cold Ischemia Time and Graft Fibrosis Are Associated with Autoantibodies after Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study of the European Reference Network <i>TransplantChild</i>

• Main Authors: Norman Junge (Author), Angelo Di Giorgio (Author), Muriel Girard (Author), Zeynep Demir (Author), Diana Kaminska (Author), Maria Janowska (Author), Vaidotas Urbonas (Author), Dominykas Varnas (Author), Giuseppe Maggiore (Author), Tommaso Alterio (Author), Christoph Leiskau (Author), Florian W. R. Vondran (Author), Nicolas Richter (Author), Lorenzo D'Antiga (Author), Rafael Mikolajczyk (Author), Eva-Doreen Pfister (Author), Ulrich Baumann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The reported prevalence of autoantibodies (AAB) (ANA, SMA, LKM, SLA) after pediatric liver transplantation (pLTX) varies considerably from 26-75%, but their clinical impact on outcome is uncertain. We aimed to study the prevalence of AAB after pLTX, their association with donor-, transplant-, and re...