| the innsbruck hand transplant program: update at 8 years after the first transplant. | we herein provide an update on two bilateral hand and one bilateral forearm transplants with emphasis on immunosuppression (is), function, morphology, and graft vascular changes at 8 years and 2 years after bilateral hand and 5 years after bilateral forearm transplantation. between march 2000 and may 2006, three patients underwent bilateral hand or forearm transplantation at our institution. following induction therapy with antithymocyte globulin (atg) (n = 2) or alemtuzumab (n = 1), tacrolimus, ... | 2009 | 19328910 |
| [serum neopterin determination for the additional safeguarding of blood transfusions. our experiences with 76,587 blood donors]. | since october 1986, all volunteer blood donors in the tirol of austria have been tested for neopterin. serum neopterin levels were raised in 1242 donors (1.6%), 650 of whom (52.3%) consented to another test four weeks after the donation. in retrospect, 148 of these donors (22.8%) had an illness or abnormal symptoms at the time of donation or within a few days of it: according to the "guidelines for blood group testing and blood transfusion" of the federal german chamber of doctors (deutsche bund ... | 1989 | 2536608 |