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Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-2615-7 / (US$67.99 / £50.00(t) / €58.00(t)) Worldwide
Approx. 624 pp. / Approx. 102 Illus. / 90 in Full Color / Approx. 75 Tables / 4.375 x 8 / June 2017
Note to Booksellers:
The previous edition published in October, 2009. (ISBN 978-0-7817-9374-2)
Handbook of Kidney Transplantation
Sixth Edition
By
Gabriel M. Danovitch, MD
, Medical Director, Kidney and Pan-
creas Transplant Program Ronald Reagan Medical Center at UCLA
John J. Kuiper Chair of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation Dis-
tinguished Professor of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at
UCLA Los Angeles, CA
DESCRIPTION
This popular handbook is a practical guide for physicians,
surgeons, nurses, and other professionals who manage kidney
transplant patients. It is concise, readable, and well-illustrated.
Chapters outline the major concerns surrounding renal trans-
plantation and the most successful approaches to problems
arising in short-term and long-term patient care. Chapter top-
ics include immunobiology and immunosuppression, as well as
chapters on surgery, histocompatibility, and the first three months post-transplant surgery.
Nephrology
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