Articles tagged "Pancreas transplantation"

2015 American Transplant Congress
Inadequate Overall Immunosuppression Is a Risk for Late Acute Rejection Despite Alemtuzumab Induction in Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant Recipients
J. Bank,¹ M. Mallat,¹ P. van der Boog,¹ D. Braat,² J. Ringers,² M. Vergunst,³ S. Heidt,³ F. Claas,³ M. Reinders,¹ J. de Fijter.¹
¹Nephrology, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; ²Surgery, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands; ³IHB, LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands.
Introduction: Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) has become the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage renal disease due to Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. SPK is…