Efficacy, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of desensitization using ivig and rituximab

Ashley A. Vo, Jeffrey Petrozzino, Kai Yeung, Aditi Sinha, Joseph Kahwaji, Alice Peng, Rafael Villicana, John MacKowiak, Stanley C. Jordan

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)852-858
Number of pages7
JournalTransplantation
Volume95
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 27 2013
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Transplantation

Keywords

  • Acute antibody-mediated rejection
  • Acute cellYmediated rejection
  • Broadly HLA sensitized
  • Desensitization
  • Dialysis cost
  • Economic cost model
  • IVIG
  • Kidney transplant outcomes
  • Markov model
  • Rituximab
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Kidney Transplantation/methods
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived/therapeutic use
  • Histocompatibility Testing
  • Graft Survival
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Health Care Costs
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Desensitization, Immunologic/economics
  • Aged
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy
  • Antibodies/metabolism
  • Cohort Studies

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