Re: Girl switches blood type after liver transplant SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian

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The Daily Mail

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reports:

" Demi-Lee Brennan, 15, spontaneously switched from blood type

O-negative to O-positive after taking on her liver donor's immune system. "

So while her Rh factor changed, for transplant purposes her blood type

did not. There are cases of livers from incompatible blood type donors

being used - usually in cases where waiting will most likely result in

the death of the patient. UNOS allots points for exact blood type

matchs, so non-matching types have to have a higher MELD to " beat out "

someone with a matching blood type. Patients also have to indicate if

they are willing to accept incompatible blood type organs.

Tim R

>

> I thought the same blood type was one of the matching requiements before

> they did a transplant?