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Barriers for Seniors To Get Listed for Kidney Transplantation
Introduction: Kidney transplant (KT) provides patients with improved survival rate and higher quality of life measures, and impose a significantly lower cost on Medicare when…2013 American Transplant Congress
Decreased Rejection and Equivalent Survival with Selective Alemtuzumab Induction for Renal Transplantation
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Selective immunosuppressive therapies based on donor and recipient factors should minimize rejection and optimize patient and graft outcomes. We developed in 2006 a selective algorithm…2013 American Transplant Congress
Good Second Kidney Transplant Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Early First Kidney Graft Loss
Intro:Pediatric kidney transplant (KTx) recipients with early first kidney graft loss(within 30 days) may have graft failure from technical complications or patient disease(hypercoagulability, acute rejection,…2013 American Transplant Congress
Vein/Access Preservation in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Role of Small Bore Internal Jugular Vein (IJV) Catheters
Background: The small bore internal jugular (SBIJ) catheter is to be used for central access in all patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) Stage 3…2013 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Anti-A and Anti-B Antibody Titers in Different IVIG Preparations: Correlation with Risk for Hemolysis
INTRODUCTION: IVIG use is increasing in transplant recipients for desensitization, treatment & prevention of ABMR and infections. The complications of IVIG are often related to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prospective Randomized Study of Low Dose Antithymocyte Globulin as Induction in Non Sensitized Adult Renal Transplant Recipients
Induction agents are commonly utilized in the United States to prevent acute rejection in renal transplant recipients. The most common induction agent used is rabbit…2013 American Transplant Congress
Implementation of a Simplified Method of Islet Isolation To Facilitate Allogeneic Islet Transplantation in Cynomolgus Monkeys
Surgery, University of Illinios at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Purpose: Non-human primate (NHP) is considered the optimal pre-clinical model for islet transplantation studies. The present study describes a simple and cost-effective islet isolation procedure.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Improving Pancreatic Islet Engraftment through Manipulation of Their Size
Although islet isolation techniques have been improved overtime, protocols and products are not completely standardized. It is known that following transplantation (Tx) from 30 to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Anti-Angiotensin Type 1 Receptor Antibodies Associated with Rejection in Donor HLA Antibody Negative Recipients
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Anti angiotensin type 1 receptor (AT1R) antibodies have been found associated with rejection in renal recipients (recips) in the absence of donor HLA specific antibodies…2013 American Transplant Congress
Generation of HLA-Specific Humanised Mice Using Bone Marrow-Derived Haematopoietic Stem Cells from Cadaveric Organ Donors
Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Introduction‘Humanised’ mice reconstituted with a functional immune compartment are an invaluable tool in the study of the immune response and can be generated using haematopoietic…
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