title: [The enigma of the renal allografts performed in man in the early 1950s].
abstract: In the early 1950s, a few renal allografts were performed without immunosuppression in man. The paper describes these attempts and tries to explain the behavior of the medical doctors who undertook these human experimentations taking into account their personality, the knowledge at that time and the absence of treatment for end stage chronic renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Chef de Service honoraire, Hôpital Erasme.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kinnaert
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000266:history; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000266:history / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D014481:United States