Kidney transplantation: principles and practice

Preface to the third edition. -- Preface ti the second edition. -- Preface to the first edition. -- Contributors. -- Kidney transplantation: a history. -- The inmunology of rejection. -- Dialysis and transplantation. -- The recipient of a renal transplant. -- The donor and donor nephrectomy. -- Brainstem death: the evolution of a concept. -- Renal preservation. -- HLA matching and crossmatching in renal transplantation. -- Surgical techniques of renal transplantation. -- Anesthesia in renal transplantation. -- the early course of a patient with a kidney transplant. -- Cyclosporine. -- Azathioprine and steroids. -- Antilymphocyte globulin and monoclonal antibodies. -- Total lymphoid irradiation. -- Other forms of immunosuppression in clinical use. -- Specific immunosuppression. -- Blood transfusions and renal transplantation. -- Histopathology of rejectionin renal transplantation. -- Immunohistology of the transplant kidney. -- Fine needle aspiration cytology of the transplanted kidney. -- Techinal complications after renal transplantation. -- Infectious complications after renal transplantation. -- Cardiovascular complications after renal transplantation. -- Cancer in dialysis and transplant patients. -- Non-malignant skin lesions in renal transplant patients. -- Renal transplantation in children. -- The diabetic with diabetic nephropathy. -- Renal transplantation in developing countries. -- Results of renal transplantation. -- Appendix. -- Index