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Renal transplantation

guest editor, Edgar L. Milford

(Contemporary issues in nephrology, vol. 19)

Churchill Livingstone, 1989

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Includes bibliographies and index

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Description

An examination of the state-of-the-art in kidney transplantation addressing current topics of importance in the field including immunology, compatability and rejection, complications during and after surgery and kidney transplants in children.

Table of Contents

  • Immunogenetics of renal transplantation
  • clinical histocompatibility testing
  • the immunobiology of different types of renal allograft rejection
  • maintenance immunosuppression - azathioprine and glucocorticoids - ciclosporin
  • treatment of acute rejection
  • infection in the renal transplant recipient
  • neoplasms in allograft recipient
  • postoperative management of the renal transplant recipient and long-term complications
  • surgical complications in the transplant recipient
  • donor and recipient selection
  • the paediatric transplant recipient.

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