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By Ron Shapiro, Richard L. Simmons, and Thomas E. Starzl. Stamford, Conn., Appleton & Lange, 1997. 572 pp., illustrated. $100. ISBN 0-8385-8383-0.

With more than 20,000 kidney transplantations performed yearly and more than 150,000 patients alive with a functioning kidney transplant each worldwide, renal transplantation is nowadays a major activity for many nephrologists and transplant surgeons. Considering that general practitioners and trainees in academic hospitals are increasingly confronted with the complications of the procedure and the ensuing immunosuppression, the audience for books on renal transplantation is large. Written by pioneers in the field at the University of Pittsburgh, Renal Transplantation was conceived to cover both the basic principles and the clinical aspects of the discipline.

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