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A Modified Method for Heterotopic Mouse Heart Transplantion
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Long-term management and results in heart transplant recipients
1Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California.
Cardiology Clinics
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
This article reviews the evolution of therapeutic strategies for maintenance immunosuppression, and presents current approaches to prevention, treatment, and surveillance of acute rejection. Other major complications influencing mortality and morbidity are discussed; these include infection, cyclosporine nephrotoxicity, malignancy, and bone disease.
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