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Immunological Aspects of Renal Transplantation 1
Author(s) -
Morris Peter J.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1969.tb05550.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , graft rejection , kidney transplantation , immunology , organ transplantation , intensive care medicine , surgery
The major obstacle to successful organ transplantation is the immunological phenomenon of rejection. Two recent developments in transplantation biology, namely, the role of humoral antibody in graft rejection and tissue matching, are discussed in the light of the author's own experience in renal transplantation .