Transplantation

Studies from S. Ourahma and co-authors have provided new information about transplantation

Published in Blood Weekly, October 11th, 2007

"Anemia remains frequent in the first month following renal transplantation and is a risk factor for cardiovascular accidents. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of anemia during this period notably among different immunosuppressive treatment groups," investigators in Paris, France report.

"In this study, we entered the patients who had received a renal allograft in our transplant unit from 1993 to 2003, including patients who had received azathioprine (AZA) from 1993 to 1996 and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) from 1996 to 2003. No patient received rHu- erythropoietin after transplantation during that period. A mathematical model normalized the...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2007-10-11)

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