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Volume 344:1953-1954 June 21, 2001 Number 25
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Pathology and Immunology of Transplantation and Rejection

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Edited by Sathia Thiru and Herman Waldmann. 583 pp., illustrated. Malden, Mass., Blackwell Science, 2001. $250. ISBN 0-632-03676-1.

The importance of pathology and immunology in transplantation is increasing with the widespread use of organ and tissue transplantation for the treatment of end-stage diseases. Recently, the end points for clinical trials in organ transplantation have been based on pathology, not graft failure. Many immunosuppressive drugs in development are based on molecules in the immune system itself. There is a need for material that makes this fast-moving area of science accessible to students, trainees, and physicians in practice. Pathology and Immunology of Transplantation and Rejection provides an overview of many areas of the field — to which a number of . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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