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Tissue Ty**, Crossmatching and the Allocation of Cadaveric Kidney Transplants
This chapter deals with the relevance of the major histocompatibility complex (MFC) to the results of clinical transplantations and its role in public policy decisions regarding the allocation of donor spares.
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Diet and Allograft Rejection
Transplantation has become an accepted mode of therapy for irreversible failure of different organs. In recent years, advances in surgical techniques, critical care medicine, and the development of better immu...
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The effects of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors after kidney and heart transplantation: Lipid lowering and immunosuppression
Hyperlipidemia is an important complication of solid-organ transplantation, affecting up to 80% of heart [1] and 75% of kidney [2] transplant recipients. The potential causes of hyperlipidemia in transplant re...