Experimental and Clinical Liver Transplantation: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Experimental and Clinical Liver Transplantation, Wilse (International Congress Series)

Liver transplantation in dogs preceded, in the early sixties, the first clinical liver transplantation. Thereafter, the pig was used by many surgeons. The last ten years has been the decade of the rat, since the development of proper microsurgical techniques enabled many scientists to use especially inbred animals for their studies. Clinical liver transplantation is therefore being pushed forward to new and safer immunosuppressive protocols. The chapters in this book follow the schedule of the scientific meeting, highlighting some interesting new results and aspects in cellular transplantation, as well as immunology in its pure analytical sense, and clinical immunosuppression. The volume will no doubt help improve the results of clinical liver transplantation.