title: [The history of kidney transplantation].
abstract: Medical advances which have marked the history of transplantation include the work of Jean Dausset on the HLA system from 1952, brain death described in 1959 and prolonged organ preservation. This article looks back at the major turning points.
authors.affiliation: Service de néphrologie, CHRU Nancy-Brabois, Rue du Morvan, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France. Electronic address: kessler.michele@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kessler
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000266:history*; D010297:Paris; D014455:Ukraine
keywords: greffe; histoire; history; kidney; rein; rejection; rejet; transplant; transplantation