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No increase in rejection or graft loss in kidney transplant recipients with thrombophilia treated with anticoagulation and triple immunosuppression.
Transplantation proceedings - 1 May 2005
Pagano C R, Dawson L, Dick A, Lerner S M, Valenia T, Braun J, Smith M A, Farrell C, Alfrey E J
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INTRODUCTION: Recent studies from Europe have demonstrated that patients with end-stage renal disease who receive a kidney transplant are at an increased risk for rejection and graft loss when compared with patients who have no known thrombophilia. The role of anticoagulation has not been investigated in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We prospectively tested patients who were evaluated for a kidney...
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