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E J Schweitzer

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Munivenkatappa R, Schweitzer E, Papadimitriou J, Drachenberg C, Thom K, Perencevich E, et al.
Am J Transplant . 2008 Sep; 8(11):2316-24. PMID: 18801024
Despite the common use of diagnostic pretransplant deceased donor kidney biopsy, there is no consensus on the prognostic significance of the pathologic findings. In order to assist clinicians with interpretation...
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Schweitzer E, Perencevich E, Philosophe B, Bartlett S
Am J Transplant . 2007 May; 7(6):1515-25. PMID: 17511680
Kidneys from organ donors who have behaviors that place them at increased risk for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) are often discarded, even if...
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Philosophe B, Farney A, Schweitzer E, Colonna J, Jarrell B, Krishnamurthi V, et al.
Ann Surg . 2001 Oct; 234(5):689-96. PMID: 11685034
Objective: To compare portal and systemic venous drainage of pancreas transplants and demonstrate an immunologic and survival superiority of portal venous drainage. Summary Background Data: Traditionally, solitary pancreas transplants have...
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Philosophe B, Farney A, Schweitzer E, Colonna J, Jarrell B, Foster 3rd C, et al.
Clin Transpl . 2001 Aug; :211-6. PMID: 11512315
The evolution of enteric and portal venous drainage, better immunosuppression, and better patient care has elevated pancreas transplantation with dramatically improved results. At our center, long-term graft survival and rejection...
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Wiland A, Fink J, Philosophe B, Farney A, Schweitzer E, Colonna J, et al.
Transplant Proc . 2001 Mar; 33(1-2):1910. PMID: 11267566
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Schweitzer E, Wilson J, Fernandez-Vina M, Fox M, Gutierrez M, Wiland A, et al.
Transplantation . 2000 Dec; 70(10):1531-6. PMID: 11118102
Background: Alloimmunization can present a virtually insurmountable barrier to kidney transplantation. Past protocols to desensitize patients using plasmapheresis and cyclophosphamide have not been broadly applied because of the fear of...
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Farney A, Cho E, Schweitzer E, Dunkin B, Philosophe B, COLONNA J, et al.
Ann Surg . 2000 Nov; 232(5):696-703. PMID: 11066142
Objective: To review the authors' experience with a new approach for type I diabetic uremic patients: simultaneous cadaver-donor pancreas and living-donor kidney transplant (SPLK). Summary Background Data: Simultaneous cadaver kidney...
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Schweitzer E, Wilson J, Jacobs S, Machan C, Philosophe B, Farney A, et al.
Ann Surg . 2000 Sep; 232(3):392-400. PMID: 10973389
Objective: To examine the impact of laparoscopic nephrectomy and recipient education on the proportion of kidney recipients who could identify a potential live donor, and on the live donor (LD)...
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Bartlett S, Farney A, Jarrell B, Philosophe B, Colonna J, Wiland A, et al.
Clin Transpl . 1999 Sep; :177-85. PMID: 10503096
1. The number of kidney transplants performed at the University of Maryland increased yearly from 51 in 1991 to 285 in 1998. Over the past 3 years, the increase in...
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Philosophe B, Kuo P, Schweitzer E, Farney A, Lim J, Johnson L, et al.
Transplantation . 1999 Sep; 68(4):497-502. PMID: 10480406
Background: Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (LDN) is a recently developed procedure, the performance of which needs to be studied. Given the reported advantages in the donors, this study looks at...