Except for legends and claims of miracles, most histories of transplantation cover only the
last 60 years because there were no earlier successes. However, the story of even this era …

Two general kinds of liver transplantation have been attempted clinically. With one
approach, the host liver is removed and replaced with a homograft (orthotopic liver …

Seven patients on dialysis with renal failure received transplants from mismatched cadaver
donors and were treated with cyclosporin A (CyA), initially as the sole immunosuppressive …

Cyclosporine, a cyclic endecapeptide of fungal origin, has recently been released for use in
clinical transplantation. Trials in kidney, heart, liver and bone marrow recipients were …

Clinically apparent enlargement of the papillary and marginal gingivae is a common finding
in otherwise healthy humans and other mammals. Swelling (" tumor") is one of the five …

The emergence of transplantation has seen the development of increasingly potent
immunosuppressive agents, progressively better methods of tissue and organ preservation …

THE USE OF CYCLOSPORIN A AND PREDNISONE IN CADAVER KIDNEY
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Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease. Vascular
complications in renal transplantation are not uncommon and may often lead to allograft …

Important scientific achievements always build on previous work and, even when they merit
being considered a major leap forward, they constitute a logical step in the advancement of …

Cyclosporin A was given to pigs receiving orthotopic cardiac allografts from donors
mismatched at the major locus. Median survival in 20 control pigs was only 6 days; in 5 pigs …