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SUMMARY

Complete hematopoietic chimerism and tolerance of a liver allograft from a deceased male donor developed in a 9-year-old girl, with no evidence of graft-versus-host disease 17 months after transplantation. The tolerance was preceded by a period of severe hemolysis, reflecting partial chimerism that was refractory to standard therapies. The hemolysis resolved after the gradual withdrawal of all immunosuppressive therapy.

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From the Centre for Kidney Research (S.I.A., M.H.); the Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney (S.I.A., N.S., A. Shun, S.D., A. Smith, B.W., P.J.S., A.L., M.O.S.); and the Australian National Liver Transplant Unit (D.V., A. Shun, S.D., M.O.S.) — all in Sydney.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Stormon at the Department of Gastroenterology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, 2145, Sydney, Australia, or at michaes6{at}chw.edu.au.

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Chimerism and Tolerance in a Recipient of a Deceased-Donor Liver Transplant
Lund T., Tolar J., Alexander S. I., Reddel R. R., Stormon M. O.
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N Engl J Med 2008; 358:2075, May 8, 2008. Correspondence

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