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Table of Contents:

1 Kidney Transplantation: A History 1
2 Immunology of Graft Rejection 9
3 Chronic Renal Failure: Renal Replacement Therapy 32
4 The Recipient of a Renal Transplant 45
5 Access for Renal Replacement Therapy 60
6 Brain Stem Death: The Evolution of a Concept 75
7 The Donor and Donor Nephrectomy 89
8 The Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy 106
9 Renal Preservation 113
10 HLA Typing, Matching and Crossmatching in Renal Transplantation 135
11 Surgical Techniques of Renal Transplantation 159
12 Transplantation and the Abnormal Bladder 173
13 Anesthesia for Patients Undergoing Renal Transplantation 184
14 Early Course of the Patient with a Kidney Transplant 207
15 Azathioprine and Steroids 217
16 Cyclosporine 227
17 Tacrolimus Therapy in Renal Transplantation 251
18 Mycophenolate Mofetil 263
19 Sirolimus 279
20 Antilymphocyte Globulin and Monoclonal Antibodies 289
21 Other Forms of Immunosuppression 310
22 Total Lymphoid Irradiation 320
23 Approaches to the Induction of Tolerance 326
24 Pathology of Kidney Transplantation 343
25 Immunohistology of the Transplanted Kidney 377
26 Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology of the Transplanted Kidney 392
27 Chronic Renal Transplant Rejection 408
28 Vascular and Lymphatic Complications After Renal Transplantation 419
29 Urological Complications After Renal Transplantation 435
30 Cardiovascular Complications After Renal Transplantation 445
31 Infectious Complications After Renal Transplantation 468
32 Liver Disease Among Renal Transplant Recipients 495
33 Neurological Complications 533
34 Nonmalignant and Malignant Skin Lesions in Renal Transplant Patients 541
35 Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients 558
36 Renal and Pancreas Transplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy 571
37 Renal Transplantation in Children 604
38 Renal Transplantation in Developing Countries 659
39 Results of Renal Transplantation 693
40 Psychological Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Organ Donation 716
41 Ethics in Transplantation: Allotransplantation and Xenotransplantation 732
42 Renal Xenotransplantation 745
43 The HLA System and Nomenclature 755
Index 765