Requirement of Protocol Biopsy Before and After Complete Cessation of Immunosuppression After Liver Transplantation
Author(s) -
Mami Yoshitomi,
T Koshiba,
Hironori Haga,
Ying Li,
Xiangdong Zhao,
Donghua Cheng,
Aya Miyagawa,
Hiromi Sakashita,
Tatsuaki Tsuruyama,
Hidenori Ohe,
Mikiko Ueda,
Shinya Okamoto,
Hiroto Egawa,
Kathryn J. Wood,
Shimon Sakaguchi,
Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa,
Kōichi Tanaka,
Shinji Üemoto
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e318195a7cb
Subject(s) - immunosuppression , medicine , fibrosis , biopsy , liver biopsy , transplantation , gastroenterology , liver transplantation , hepatic fibrosis
Operational tolerance is defined as long-term acceptance of a transplanted organ after complete cessation of immunosuppression (IS), but may not always protect against antigen-dependent changes in graft morphology.
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