Kidney transplantation : principles and practice/

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Edition:5th ed.
Imprint:Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, c2001.
Description:xvi, 787 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4481674
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Other authors / contributors:Morris, Peter J., 1943-
ISBN:0721682979
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Kidney Transplantation: A History
  • 2. Immunology of Rejection
  • 3. End-stage Renal Failure and Renal Replacement Therapy
  • 4. The Recipient of Renal Replacement
  • 5. Access of Renal Replacement Therapy
  • 6. Brainstem Death
  • 7. The Donor and Donor Nephrectomy
  • 8. Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
  • 9. Renal Preservation
  • 10. HLA Matching and Cross matching
  • 11. Surgical Techniques of Renal Transplantation
  • 12. Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder
  • 13. Anaesthesia in Renal Transplantation
  • 14. The Early Course of a Patient with a Kidney Transplant
  • 15. Azathioprine and Steroids
  • 16. Cyclosporine
  • 17. Tacrolimus
  • 18. Experimental and Clinical Experience with Mycophenolate Mofetil
  • 19. Sirolimus
  • 20. Antilymphocyte Globulin and Monoclonal Antibodies
  • 21. Other Forms of Immunosuppression
  • 22. Total Lymphoid Irradiation
  • 23. Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance
  • 24. Histopathology of Renal Allograft Rejection
  • 25. Immunohistology of the Transplanted Kidney
  • 26. Transplant Cytology
  • 27. Chronic Renal Allograft Failure
  • 28. Vascular and Lymphatic Complications After Renal Transplantation
  • 29. Urological Complications After Renal Transplantation
  • 30. Cardiovascular Complications of Transplantation
  • 31. Infectious Complications After Renal Transplantation
  • 32. Liver Complications After Renal Transplantation
  • 33. Neurological Complications after Renal Transplantation
  • 34. Skin Lesions in Renal Transplant Patients
  • 35. Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients
  • 36. Renal Transplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy
  • 37. Paediatric Transplantation
  • 38. Transplantation in Developing Countries
  • 39. Results in Renal Transplantation
  • 40. Psychological Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Organ Donation
  • 41. Ethics in Transplantation
  • 42. Xenotransplantation of the Kidney
  • 43. The Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) System and Nomenclature