Identical Twin Small-bowel Transplantation Without Maintenance Immunosuppression: A 5-year Follow-up and Literature Review

Background. The availability of an identical twin donor that allows avoidance of complications related to graft rejection and immunosuppression represents an ideal treatment option for irreversible intestinal failure. Methods and Results. We described a 45-year-old woman who lost most of her small b...

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Main Authors: Guosheng Wu, MD, PhD, Qingchuan Zhao, MD, PhD, Mian Wang, MD, Jiangpeng Wei, MD, Hao Sun, MD, Jianyong Zheng, MD, Daiming Fan, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2018-08-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000807