title: [Renal transplantation, a centenary epic].
abstract: The year 2002 marks the centenary of the first attempts of renal transplantations. The steps of this great human enterprise are reminded, from the first animal experiments at the dawn of the century, the attempts of renal grafts in humans with animal and then human kidneys, to the present era during which renal transplantation has become the treatment of choice of chronic end-stage renal insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Consultation de chirurgie, hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, université Paris VII, 100, boulevard du Général-Leclerc, Clichy 92118, France. miclacom@club-internet.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lacombe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000266:history*; D023421:Models, Animal; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000266:history