Prolonged survival of human-kidney homografts by immunosuppressive drug therapy
JE Murray, JP Merrill, JH Harrison… - … England Journal of …, 1963 - Mass Medical Soc
JE Murray, JP Merrill, JH Harrison, RE Wilson, GJ Dammin
New England Journal of Medicine, 1963•Mass Medical SocTHIS report is a summary of our experience with kidney homografts in 13 patients treated
with drugs as the sole modality for the suppression of immunity (Table 1). Five recent cases
are reported in detail: 1 patient with a cadaveric kidney is still alive after one year; 1 died
from cerebral hemorrhage more than five months after transplantation from an unrelated
infant; 1 is alive three months after transplant from his mother; the fourth is alive six weeks
after receiving a kidney from his brother; and the fifth is living four weeks after a transplant …
with drugs as the sole modality for the suppression of immunity (Table 1). Five recent cases
are reported in detail: 1 patient with a cadaveric kidney is still alive after one year; 1 died
from cerebral hemorrhage more than five months after transplantation from an unrelated
infant; 1 is alive three months after transplant from his mother; the fourth is alive six weeks
after receiving a kidney from his brother; and the fifth is living four weeks after a transplant …
THIS report is a summary of our experience with kidney homografts in 13 patients treated with drugs as the sole modality for the suppression of immunity (Table 1). Five recent cases are reported in detail: 1 patient with a cadaveric kidney is still alive after one year; 1 died from cerebral hemorrhage more than five months after transplantation from an unrelated infant; 1 is alive three months after transplant from his mother; the fourth is alive six weeks after receiving a kidney from his brother; and the fifth is living four weeks after a transplant from an unrelated adult volunteer. . . .
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