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Histocompatibility in Renal Transplantation
Historical Background The study of histocompatibility accelerated during the 1960s when the pioneers of clinical kidney transplantation recognized that graft destruction was mediated through immunologic mechanisms. In 1961 the introduction of chemical immunosuppression, first 6-mercaptopurine followed soon after by azathioprine…