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Transplantation (Liver)
Children Can Be Weaned Off Anti-Rejection Drugs
May 26th, 1997
Children who have received liver transplants can safely discontinue taking their immunosuppressant medication when clinically warranted, according to a study of 31 pediatric patients led by Jorge Reyes, M.D., associate professor of surgery, and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh's Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute. The results, which were presented May 12 at the ASTP meeting, suggest some patients may not require a life-long regimen of anti-rejection medications with their accompanying side-effects. All of the patients in the study are alive, and 25 (81 percent) remain off immunosuppression, one for more than seven years. Six of...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-05-26)
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