Table of Contents

Contributors.Foreword.Preface.1. Reaching for the Impossible: The Quest for Tissue Replacement.PART I Immunology.2. Immunobiology of Graft Rejection.3. Chronic Rejection.4. Histocompatatbility Systems.5. Tolerance.PART II Immunosuppression.6. Molecular and Clinical Therapeutics of Cyclosporine in Transplantation.7. Azathioprine.8. Steroids and Transplantation.9. Tacrolimus.10. Mycophenolate Mofetil: Experimental and Clinical Experience.11. New Small Molecule Immunosuppressive Agents.12. Principles of Action of Biologic Immunosuppressants.13. Biologic Immunosuppressive Agents.14. Use of Irradiation and Photopheresis for Immunosuppression in Transplantation.PART III Organ Procurement. 15. Donor Selection and Management.16. Organ Preservation.PART IV Organ-Specific Transplantation.17. Renal Transplantation.18. Renal Transplantation in Children: Current Practices.19. Liver Transplantation.20. Liver Transplantation in Children.21. Pancreas Transplantation.22. Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation.23. Cardiac Transplantation.24. Heart Transplantation in Children.25. Lung Transplantation.26. Heart-Lung Transplantation.27. Bone Marrow Transplantation.Part V Systemic Consideration of Organ Transplantation.28. Pulmonary Considerations of Organ Transplantation.29. Gastroenterological Considerations of Organ Transplantation.30. Cardiovascular Considerations of Organ Transplantation.31. Endocrine and Metabolic Considerations.32. Hematologic Complications of Organ Transplantation.33. Neurological Considerations of Organ Transplantation. 34. Psychiatric Considerations of Organ Transplantation.35. Renal Considerations of Organ Transplantation.36. Infection in the Organ Transplant Recipient.37. Neoplastic Complications of Organ Transplantation.Part VI The Future of Transplantation.38. Bone Marrow Conditioning.39. Gene Transfer.40. Xenotransplantation.41. Understanding Organ Procurement and the Transplant Bureaucracy.42. Transplantation and Society.Index.