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    Transplantation
    • Overview of Transplantation
      • Donors
      • Organ Matching and Distribution
      • Pretransplantation Screening
        • Tissue matching
        • Donor screening
        • Recipient screening
      • Suppression of the Immune System
      • Pregnancy and Transplantation
      • Complications After Transplantation
        • Rejection
        • Infections
        • Cancer
        • Atherosclerosis
        • Kidney problems
        • Gout
        • Graft-versus-host disease
        • Osteoporosis and stunted growth
        • Donor complications
      • More Information
    • Kidney Transplantation
      • Donors
      • Procedure
      • Complications
        • Rejection
        • Cancer
    • Liver Transplantation
      • Donors
      • Procedure
      • Complications
        • Rejection
        • Hepatitis
        • Other complications
    • Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation
      • Donors
      • Procedure
      • Complications
        • Infections
        • Poor healing
        • Rejection
    • Pancreas Transplantation
      • Donors
      • Procedure
      • Complications
        • Rejection
    • Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation
      • Procedure
      • Complications
    • Small Intestine Transplantation
      • Procedure
      • Complications
      • Rejection
      • Graft-versus-host disease
      • Other complications
    • Stem Cell Transplantation
      • Procedure
      • Stem cells from blood
      • Stem cells from bone marrow
      • To recipient
      • After the stem cell transplantation
      • Complications
        • Infections
        • Graft-versus-host disease
        • Recurrence of the original disorder
    • Transplantation of Other Tissues
      • Skin
      • Cartilage
      • Corneas
      • Bone
      • More than one tissue
      • Other tissues
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