After the Kidney Transplant The Patients and Their Allograft

• Otros Autores: Ortiz, Jorge (Editor), Andre, Jason (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: IntechOpen 2011
• Materias: Ophthalmology; Renal medicine & nephrology
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

There are many obstacles in kidney transplantation. For the transplant team, there is the balance between immunosuppression to aid in the recipient's tolerance of the allograft and the infection risk of a suppressed immune system. These potential long term complications of kidney transplantatio...