transplant rejection
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transplant

1. an organ or tissue taken from the body and grafted into another area of the same individual or another individual.

2. to transfer tissue from one part to another or from one individual to another.

ovum transplant

see ovum transplant.

transplant rejection

see rejection.

transplant rejection

Graft rejection, organ rejection, tissue rejection Immunology The constellation of host immune responses evoked when an allograft tissue is transplanted into a recipient; rejection phenomena may be minimized by optimal matching of MHC antigens and ABO blood groups and ameliorated with immunosuppressants–eg, cyclosporin, tacrolimus, rapamycin Exceptions of TR Corneal transplants, identical twins. See Graft-versus-host disease, HLA, MHC, Tissue typing.

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acute rejection azathioprine beta 2 -microglobulin test bone marrow transplantation chronic rejection cyclophosphamide cyclosporine daclizumab hormone replacement therapy Immunosuppressant Drugs Kaposi's sarcoma muromonab-CD3 natriuretic peptides test Prograf rejection renal biopsy sickle cell disease splenectomy tacrolimus			Biomarkers in Transplantation, a research initiative that will allow doctors to identify patients rejecting transplanted organs with a simple blood test, is making use of advanced genomic, proteomic, and computational tools to develop the test, which will diagnose rejection before acute organ rejection occurs, allowing doctors to intervene early and to personalize a patient's immunosuppressant therapy. Blood to diagnose organ rejection by Medical Laboratory Observer CellCept was first approved for use in combination therapy for the prevention of acute organ rejection in kidney transplantation in 1995 and has since been approved worldwide for prevention of organ rejection in adult kidney, heart and liver transplantation. ASPERVA REPORTS ON PHASE III TRIAL FOR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS by Worldwide Biotech Reduced cyclosporine concentrations have been documented when orlistat and cyclosporine are taken together, and the FDA has received postmarketing reports of reduced cyclosporine concentrations and two cases of acute organ rejection in orlistat users. Weight-loss drug orlistat backed for OTC status: an FDA advisory ... by Mechcatie, Elizabeth / Clinical Psychiatry News			Acute Lymphangitis acute lymphoblastic leukemia acute lymphocytic leukemia acute lymphoid leukemia acute malaria acute massive pulmonary embolus acute mastitis acute miliary tuberculosis acute mitral regurgitation acute mountain sickness Acute Mourning acute myelitis acute myelocytic leukemia acute myelogenous leukemia acute myocardial infarction acute necrotizing encephalitis acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis acute nephritis acute neurologic illness acute neuropsychologic disorder acute nicotine poisoning acute nongonorrheal vulvitis acute nonlymphocytic leukemia acute nonspecific pericarditis Acute organ rejection acute otitis media acute pain acute pancreatitis acute parapsoriasis acute pharyngitis Acute phase reactant Acute phase reactants acute phase response acute pleurisy acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis Acute prescribing acute primary myocarditis acute promyelocytic leukemia acute prostatitis acute psychosis acute pulmonary alveolitis acute pulmonary coccidioidomycosis acute pulmonary eosinophilia acute pulmonary histoplasmosis acute pyelonephritis acute pyogenic arthritis acute radial nerve palsy acute radiation exposure Acute Radiation Injury Syndrome acute rejection			Acute Necrotizing Ulcerative Periodontitis Acute nephritic syndrome acute nephritis Acute Nerve Irritation acute neurologic illness Acute Neurological Care and Early Rehabilitation acute neuropsychologic disorder acute nicotine poisoning Acute non lymphoblastic leukemia (generic term) Acute Non-Inflammatory Renal Failure Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia Acute Non-Typhoid Salmonella Gastroenteritis Acute nonbacterial infectious gastroenteritis Acute nonbacterial infectious gastroenteritis Acute nonbacterial infectious gastroenteritis acute nongonorrheal vulvitis acute nonlymphocytic leukemia acute nonlymphocytic leukemia acute nonlymphocytic leukemia acute nonspecific pericarditis acute nonsuppurative hepatitis Acute Normovolaemic Haemodilution Acute Normovolaemic Haemodilution with Partial Exchange Transfusion Acute Obstructive Suppurative Cholangitis Acute on Chronic Hepatic Failure Acute On Chronic Liver Disease Acute on Chronic Respiratory Failure Acute Ophthalmic Artery Obstruction Acute organ rejection acute organic brain syndrome acute organic brain syndrome Acute Otitis Externa Acute otitis media Acute otitis media Acute Otitis Media Treatment Failure Acute Otitis Media with Effusion Acute pain Acute pain Acute pain Acute pain Acute pain Acute Palliative Care Unit acute pancreatic necrosis acute pancreatic necrosis Acute pancreatitis Acute pancreatitis Acute Paralysis Virus acute parapsoriasis acute periodontitis acute periodontitis acute periodontitis Acute Peripheral Arterial Occlusion Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy Acute peritonitis Acute peritonitis Acute peritonitis acute pharyngitis Acute Phase of Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Acute phase protein

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transplant rejection (redirected from Acute organ rejection)

transplant rejection
(redirected from Acute organ rejection)