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Volume 359:305-306 July 17, 2008 Number 3
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Reducing Antibody Levels in Patients Undergoing Transplantation
Ron Shapiro, M.D.

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The advent of solid-organ transplantation for the treatment of patients with end-stage organ failure has been one of the most exciting medical advances in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Thousands of lives have been saved or improved by transplantation, allowing terminally ill patients to rejoin society, work productively, and have a meaningful life.1,2

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From the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh.



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