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Paul Hutchinson | Zendy; Steven J. Chadban | Zendy; Robert C. Atkins | Zendy; S R Holdsworth | Zendy

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Laboratory assessment of immune function in renal transplant patients

Author(s) -

Paul Hutchinson,

Steven J. Chadban,

Robert C. Atkins,

S R Holdsworth

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

nephrology dialysis transplantation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1460-2385

pISSN - 0931-0509

DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfg190

Subject(s) - medicine , renal transplant , immune system , renal function , intensive care medicine , transplantation , immunology , urology

Advances in immunosuppression have made renal transplantation an effective therapy for end stage renal failure; with low rejection rates and long graft survival times. However, the major adverse consequences, infection and malignancy have not diminished. To predict this risk a score of immune competence has been developed from the simultaneous laboratory assessment of multiple parameters of immune function.

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