| | List of Contributors | |
| 1 | Chronic graft loss in kidney and heart transplant recipients / G. Opelz | 3 |
| 2 | Histopathology of chronic rejection / R. K. Sibley | 13 |
| 3 | Evaluation of biopsy changes in the early diagnosis of chronic transplant nephropathy / D. Seron, F. Moreso, J. Bover [et al.] | 25 |
| 4 | Is there any relationship between the early glomerular filtration rate and late graft dysfunction in renal transplantation? / C. Pouteil-Noble, L. Remontet, M. Lombardo [et al.] | 31 |
| 5 | Transplantation atherosclerosis: Definition and pathogenesis / B. Fellstrom, U. Backman, L. Akyurek [et al.] | 39 |
| 6 | Immunological mechanism of chronic rejection / L. C. Paul, J. Muralidharan, S. A. Muzaffar [et al.] | 51 |
| 7 | The role of adhesion molecules in chronic rejection / U. W. Heemann, A. Kribben, R. Schafers [et al.] | 63 |
| 8 | A role for TH2 cells in chronic allograft rejection? / M. Goldman, H.-D. Volk | 69 |
| 9 | Treatment of refractory acute allograft rejection with aerosolized cyclosporin in lung transplant recipients / R. J. Keenan, A. Iacono, J. H. Dauber [et al.] | 75 |
| 10 | Ischemia-reperfusion injury as a risk factor for late kidney graft failure / J. M. Grinyo, S. Gil-Vernet, F. Moreso [et al.] | 77 |
| 11 | The impact of acute rejection in the longterm outcome after renal transplantation / Y. Vanrenterghem, J. Peeters | 85 |
| 12 | Nephron endowment and the pathogenesis of chronic renal failure / B. M. Brenner, H. S. Mackenzie | 93 |
| 13 | Are child donors better than adult donors for pediatric kidney recipients? / U. B. Berg, L. Dubourg, A.-B. Bohlin [et al.] | 101 |
| 14 | Late graft loss in combined kidney-pancreas transplantation / L. C. Feitosa Tajra, M. Benchaid, X. Martin [et al.] | 105 |
| 15 | Longterm allograft outcome in patients treated with prophylactic antilymphocyte globulin or OKT3 as induction therapy in cadaveric kidney transplantation / J. Alsina, J. Bover, S. Gil-Vernet [et al.] | 111 |
| 16 | Cyclosporin - longterm treatment / J. D. Briggs | 121 |
| 17 | Effect of new immunosuppressive drugs on chronic rejection / J. D. Pirsch | 127 |
| 18 | Experimental transplantation in rats for the study of the pathogenesis and treatment of chronic rejection / Y. Lin, M. Waer | 135 |
| 19 | The effects of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors after kidney and heart transplantation: Lipid lowering and immunosuppression / S. Katznelson, J. A. Kobashigawa | 143 |
| 20 | Lipid metabolism alteration and treatment in heart transplant recipients / M. de Lorgeril | 151 |
| 21 | Prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease / H. H. Balfour | 161 |
| 22 | Longterm renal function protection in renal transplantation by nonimmunological treatments / F. Berthoux, S. El Deeb, E. Alamartine [et al.] | 167 |
| | Clinical impact and predictive role of OGTT as a marker of longterm loss of function in patients submitted to pancreas transplantation / R. Caldara, M. E. Malighetti, R. Castoldi [et al.] | 179 |
| | Influence of recipient - donor body weight ratio in pediatric renal transplantation / D. Gakis, A. Takoudas, I. Sotiriou [et al.] | 180 |
| | Survival, rejection, tumors and infections 5 years after liver transplantation / U. Maggi, B. Gridelli, A. Lucianetti [et al.] | 182 |
| | Comparison of dipyridamole thallium scintigraphy and dobutamine stress echocardiography to detect graft coronary artery disease in heart transplant patients / M. Redonnet, G. Derumeaux, D. Mouton-Schleifer [et al.] | 184 |
| | Immunohistochemical profile in asymptomatic acute rejection of renal allografts: Predictive marker of graft loss / M. C. Copin, C. Noel, M. Hazzan [et al.] | 187 |
| | High sodium UW cold-storage solution improves kidney graft function in rats / L. C. Feitosa Tajra, S. Ramella Virieux, H. Benabdennebi [et al.] | 188 |
| | Influence of natural selection haplotypes on longterm survival in renal transplantation from haploidentical living related donors / Z. Polymenidis, D. Gakis, K. Adam [et al.] | 189 |
| | Posttransplant immunological monitoring by ELISA: HLA-specific IgG antibodies are associated with early and late graft loss events / A. Segers | 191 |
| | Longterm benefit of additional azathioprine in cyclosporin/prednisolone-treated patients with chronic renal allograft dysfunction / V. Kliem, T. Tiroke, G. Ehlerding [et al.] | 195 |
| | Effect of steroid withdrawal on late immunologic complications after liver transplantation / D. Forti, G. F. Rondinara, L. De Carlis [et al.] | 196 |
| | Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) on the progressive graft failure and proteinuria in kidney transplant patients with chronic rejection / D. Paredes, R. Sola, L. Guirado [et al.] | 197 |
| | ATG prophylaxis preoperatively reduced acute rejections - a predicting factor on long graft survival / R. Templin, R. Claus, A. Paul [et al.] | 199 |
| | Kidney transplantation in children at our center / G. Moray, H. Karakayali, M. Haberal | 205 |
| | Kidney transplantation between spouses / H. Karakayali, G. Moray, M. Haberal | 206 |
| | Oxidative stress and lipid abnormalities during chronic rejection of kidney transplantation / J. P. Cristol, C. Vela, M. F. Maggi [et al.] | 209 |
| | Proton NMR spectroscopy as a novel approach to the assessment of function in the pig isolated kidney exposed to cold ischemia / T. Hauet, D. Mothes, J. M. Goujon [et al.] | 210 |
| | Renal handling of citrate excretion during reperfusion after cold storage in the isolated perfused pig kidney / T. Hauet, D. Mothes, P. Badia [et al.] | 211 |
| | The improvement of early rat kidney graft function after perfusion with HTK solution supplemented with pentoxifylline / A. P. Oko, M. Krzymanski, A. M. Waaga [et al.] | 212 |
| | Nifedipine improves kidney function after 24h cold storage in a high-sodium UW solution / S. Ramella Virieux, S. Hadj-Aissa, J.-P. Steghens [et al.] | 213 |
| | Preventing cadaveric grafted kidney from acute rejection with anti-thymocyte globulin / Xiwen Bai, Lixin Yu, Junjie Ma [et al.] | 217 |
| | Study of the pharmacokinetics of the Neoral formulation of cyclosporin in vivo / D. Donati, C. Airaghi, L. Baratelli [et al.] | 218 |
| | One-year results of the European mycophenolate mofetil phase III in clinical trial in renal transplantation / M. Wiesel, S. Carl, J. P. Soulillou [et al.] | 219 |
| | Detection of lymphocyte panel reactive antibody (PRA) use in kidney transplantation / Xiwen Bai, Lixin Yu, Jian Xu [et al.] | 223 |
| | Cholestatic and HCV-related liver disease associated with acute rejection after liver transplantation / P. Burra, O. Halmos, A. Galligioni [et al.] | 224 |
| | Outcome of children and adolescents with recurrent nephrotic syndrome (NS) and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) after renal transplantation / S. Carl, M. Wiesel, E. Wuhl [et al.] | 225 |
| | CD8+ T lymphocytes can amount to a second-set rejection of skin allografts in the absence of cytotoxic antibodies / J. Chargui, R. Yoshimura, A. Aitouche [et al.] | 226 |
| | Hyperimmune globulin in the prevention of cytomegalovirus infection: Lack of efficacy in kidney graft recipients / G. Civati, D. Forti, G. Busnach [et al.] | 227 |
| | Lung and heart lung transplantation: Survival data concerning 100 transplants carried out in 95 patients at the L. Pradel University Hospital, Lyon / J. P. Gamondes, M. Bertocchi, C. Boudard [et al.] | 228 |
| | Evolution of lipoprotein(a) and concentration 6 months after a successful renal transplantation / M. Hazzan, M. Kandoussi, C. Cachera [et al.] | 229 |
| | GSTs: Sensitive and specific markers for liver transplant monitoring / B. Hett, V. Deronzier | 230 |
| | Is overweight a relevant risk factor in the short- and longterm evolution of renal transplantation? / L. Orofino, J. Pascual, C. Quereda [et al.] | 231 |
| | Renal allograft thrombosis (rat): A case-control study / J. Pascual, A. Morales, A. Tato [et al.] | 232 |
| | A prospective study on the effect of kidney transplantation (KT) and cyclosporin treatment on male sexual performance and hormonal profiles / J. Pascual, F. J. Burgos, V. Gomez [et al.] | 233 |
| | Iliac artery histology and renal allograft blood flow measured by Doppler spectrum analysis / J. Pascual, T. Cano, F. J. Burgos [et al.] | 234 |
| | Blood flow impairment in popliteal and posterior tibial arteries after iliac end-to-side anastomosed renal transplantation / J. Pascual, A. Tato, F. J. Burgos [et al.] | 235 |
| | The first kidney transplantation from spouse in Lithuania / T. Rainiene, V. Lapsyte, B. Dainys | 236 |
| | Name Index | 237 |
