(IX, 222 pages 94 illustrations, 2 illustrations in color.).
Current topics in pathology, 92.
Transplantation Immunology --; The Role of Human Leucocyte Antigen in Allorecognition --; Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients --; Chronic Allograft Nephropathy: The Inevitable Outcome of Renal Transplantation? --; Pathology of the Liver Allograft --; Bone-Marrow and Blood Stem-Cell Transplantation --; Pathology of Heart Transplant --; Pathology of Pulmonary Transplantation --; Transplantation in the Central Nervous System.
General pathologists see many biopsies from transplanted organs but few are in large enough centres so that this forms the bulk of their work. The book describes the changes which can be observed in transplantation in all of the major organ systems that are routinely transplanted and there are accounts of the pathology of infections and of the immunological difficulties that are faced by these patients. The volume will be a valuable guide for those who wish to braoden their knowledge in this field.