title: What's new and hot in clinical organ transplantation: report from American Transplant Congress 2012.
abstract: Innovative and exciting advances in the clinical sciences in organ transplantation were presented at the American Transplant Congress 2012. The full spectrum of transplantation was covered with important advancements in many topics. Key areas covered by presentations included living donor outcomes, organ preservation, optimal allocation of deceased donors, new immunosuppression regimens, antibody mediated rejection and the regulatory environment. This review will highlight some of the most interesting and innovative clinical presentations from the meeting.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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authors.lastname: Humar
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D019520:Living Donors; D009926:Organ Preservation; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration; D014180:Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents