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MEDICAL

Nephrology

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.

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in October, 2009. (ISBN 978-0-7817-9374-2)

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

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