TY - BOOK AU - Hricik,Donald E. TI - Primer on transplantation SN - 9781405142670 (hardback) PY - 2011/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Transplantation KW - Drug Therapy KW - Immunosuppression KW - Transplantation Immunology N1 - Rev. ed. of: Primer on transplantation / editors, Douglas J. Norman, Laurence A. Turka. 2nd. ed. c2001; Includes bibliographical references and index; Immunology of transplantation; Qiquan Sun and Jason M Zimmerer and Gregg A Hadley; Pharmacology of transplantation; Ian AC Route and James M Neuberger; Medical management of the deceased donor in solid organ transplantation; John McCartney and Kenneth E Wood; Infectious diseases in transplantation; Robin K Avery and Jay A Fishman; Management of the successful solid organ transplant recipient; Elizabeth A Kendrick and Connie L Davis; Pediatric transplantation; William Harmon; Kidney and pancreas transplantation; Joshua J Augustine and Kenneth A Bodziak and Apama Fadiyar and James A Schulak and Donald E Hricik; Heart transplantation; Maryl R Johnson and Walter G Kao and Elaine M Winkel and Joseph L Bobadilla and Takushi Kohmoto and Niloo M Edwards; Lung transplantation; Jonathan E Spahr and Keith C Meyer; Liver transplantation; Kimberly A Brown and Mary Ann Huang and Marwan Kazimi and Dilip Moonka N2 - "This editition of the Textbook of Transplantation represents just one of the American Society for Transplantation (AST's) many educational initiatives targeted to the next generation of transplant professionals. In addition to organ-specific chapters (kidney, pancreas, heart, lung and liver), this book includes generic chapters that should be of interest to all readers, irrespective of their organ-specific speciality. These include chapters on immunibiology, pharmacology, donor management, infectious complications, pediatric transplantation, and general principles of patient management. New features of this edition include clinical vignettes, "key point" boxes to emphasize major teaching points, and self-assesment multiple choice questions for each chapter"--Provided by publisher ER -