Learning Matching Representations for Individualized Organ Transplantation Allocation [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Organ transplantation is often the last resort for treating end-stage illness, but the probability of a successful transplantation depends greatly on compatibility between donors and recipients. Current medical practice relies on coarse rules for donor-recipient matching, but is short of domain knowledge regarding the complex factors underlying organ ...
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Kidney transplantation. Modern trends in kidney transplantation. [PDF]
, 1977 Trends in renal transplantation stem from recognition of the virtues and drawbacks of this kind of treatment and from a better appreciation of the interrelationship between transplantation and ...
Putnam, CW, Starzl, TE, Weil, R
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PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN SIX TREATED BABOON‐TO‐MAN RENAL HETEROTRANSPLANTS [PDF]
, 1965 Six baboon‐to‐man renal heterotransplants, each consisting of a pair of kidneys, were examined. Two had been removed from their recipients at forty‐nine and sixty days after transplantation because of the ever‐increasing doses of immunosuppressive drugs ...
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Interplay of integrins and selectins in metastasis
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Here we review the role of integrins and their interplay with selectins in metastasis. The efficacy of integrin‐targeted therapies may be reduced in tumors where metastasis relies heavily on selectins. In certain tumors, integrins and selectins exhibit a synergistic interaction during intraperitoneal dissemination.
Diana Maltseva +2 more
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Sponges in a Changing Climate: Survival of Agelas oroides in a Warming Mediterranean Sea
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Sponges hold a key role in benthic environments, and specifically in the Mediterranean Sea. Past events of mass mortality in sponge communities have been linked to extended periods of high-temperature anomalies, yet it is unknown how a gradual change ...
Tal Idan +5 more
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The association of preoperative cardiac stress testing with 30-day death and myocardial infarction among patients undergoing kidney transplantation [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND:Although periodic cardiac stress testing is commonly used to screen patients on the waiting list for kidney transplantation for ischemic heart disease, there is little evidence to support this practice.
Alhamad, Tarek +7 more
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The Current Status of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Prevalence in the MENA Region: A Systematic Review
Pathogens, 2019 Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a highly prevalent herpesvirus worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), CMV infects people of all ages, and by the age of five, approximately one ...
Hassan Al Mana +7 more
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Orthotopic liver transplantation in children. Two-year experience with 47 patients [PDF]
, 1984 During a 24-month period (May 1981 to May 1983), 47 pediatric patients (ranging in age from 7 months to 18 years) underwent orthotopic liver transplantation using cyclosporine and prednisone.
Gartner, JC +5 more
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Pancreatic hormones and amino acid levels following liver transplantation [PDF]
, 1987 Glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, peripheral insulin resistance and hyperglucagonemia are common in patients with advanced liver disease. These abnormalities in the plasma levels of the pancreatic hormones, insulin and glucagon have been thought to ...
Chisholm +32 more
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