Introduction to Organ Transplantation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781860940255)

This introduction to the field of organ transplantation provides an excellent overview of the tremendous progress made in recent decades, and gives a clear description of the current status of transplant surgery for students and trainees with an interest in this field. It opens with introductory chapters on the history of transplantation and the basic science of immunobiology, and then examines through an organ-based structure the practice of transplantation in each major system, from skin to intestine.The editor, Nadey S Hakim, is a consultant transplant and general surgeon at St Mary's Hospital, London, England, and has put together a volume that will serve as an invaluable guide for transplant surgeons as well as trainees.

Author: Nadey S. Hakim
ISBN-10: 1860940250
ISBN-13: 9781860940255
Publisher: Imperial College Press
Language: English
Published: 05/26/1997
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.76h x 6.30w x 0.68d