@article {524,
	title = {Efficacy of induction therapy in cadaveric renal transplantation comparing rabbit antithymocyte serum and Minnesota antilymphoblast globulin},
	journal = {Transplant Proc},
	volume = {23},
	year = {1991},
	note = {0041-1345 (Print) Journal Article},
	month = {Feb},
	pages = {1253 - 5},
	abstract = {From August 1986 to July 1989, 98 patients receiving primary cadaveric kidney transplants received either RATS (n = 50) or MALG (n = 48) during the induction phase of a quadruple immunosuppressive protocol. Patient groups were well matched. The duration of RATS and MALG treatment and the time of CyA induction were equivalent. Serum creatinine and rejection episodes up to 1 year were not statistically different. Hematologic side effects resulted in dose reduction of MALG in 42\% of patients without adverse rejection results. In the RATS group, no dosage reductions were required. One-year patient survivals (96\% to 100\%), and 1-year graft survival (82\% to 85\%) were not significantly different in the 2 groups. Infectious complications were 30\% higher in the MALG group and a significant factor in 2 deaths. Monitoring of lymphocyte subsets revealed insignificant differences in the percent of decrease of each cell population between MALG and RATS groups during induction.},
	keywords = {Adult, Animals, Antigens, CD / analysis, Antilymphocyte Serum / *standards, Cadaver, Comparative Study, Female, Graft Rejection, Graft Survival, Humans, Immunosuppression / *methods, Kidney Transplantation / immunology / *methods, Male, Opportunistic Infections / complications, Rabbits, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Research Support, U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, P.H.S., Survival Analysis, T-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology},
	author = {Fisher,R. A. and Tchervenkov,J. I. and Schroeder,T. J. and Alexander,J. W. and Munda,R. and Penn,I. and Carey,M. and First,M. R.}
}
