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2009 Transplant Recipient Guideline 2009 • VOL 9 • SUPPLEMENT 3 American Journal of Transplantation • Volume 9 • Supplement 3 • November 2009 • PP. 1–156 ajt_9_S3-cover 10/8/09 17:16 Page 1 ajt_9_11-mast head 9/24/09 17:57 Page 3 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPLANTATION AND THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPLANT SURGEONS Philip F. Halloran, Canada DEPUTY EDITORS Jonathan S. Bromberg, USA Robert L. Fairchild, USA Sandy Feng, USA Bruce Kaplan, USA American Journal of Mark L. Barr, USA John O’Grady, UK EDITORIAL OFFICE Dellice Berezan Gillian Hughes Editorial Office Administrators University of Alberta 250 Heritage Medical Research Centre Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2S02 Phone: +1-780-492-1752 Transplantation Fax: +1-780-407-3417 E-mail:[email protected] DELIVERY TERMS AND LEGAL TITLE Prices include delivery of print journals to the recipient’s address. 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Magee, USA AIMS AND SCOPE Rosalyn Mannon, USA The aim of the American Journal of Transplantation is the rapid publication of new high quality data in organ and tissue transplantation and the related sciences. The Arthur J. Matas, USA journal reflects the field and is an agent for advancing the it through critical reviews and news features, and consensus documents and guidelines. The journal is Herwig-Ulf Meier-Kriesche, USA directed at scientists and clinicians in transplantation but also at those in other fields who wish to follow transplantation. The scope is the international discipline of Michael Mengel, Canada transplantation. This includes organ and tissue donation and preservation; tissue injury, repair, inflammation, and aging; immune recognition, regulation, effector Brian J. Nankivell, Australia mechanisms, and opportunities for induction of tolerance; histocompatibility; drugs and pharmacology relevant to transplantation; graft survival and prevention of José Oberholzer, USA graft dysfunction and failure; clinical trials and population analyses; transplant complications; xenotransplantation; and ethical and societal issues. The sciences Gerhard Opelz, Germany includes relevant aspects of cell biology, medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and infectious diseases. The journal includes thoracic transplantation (heart, lung), abdominal Scott Palmer, USA transplantation (kidney, liver, pancreas, islets), transplantation of tissues and related topics. The American Journal of Transplantation serves as a forum for debate and Tom Pearson, USA reassessment, an agent of change, and a major new platform for promoting understanding, improving results, and advancing science in this dynamic field. Mark D. Pescovitz, USA Rutger J. 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Wiesner, USA David Wilkes, USA American Society of Transplantation American Society of Transplant Surgeons CONSULTING EDITORS Robert Gentleman, USA MAY 2009 - MAY 2010 MAY 2009 - JUNE 2010 Guiseppe Remuzzi, Italy Jesse Schold, USA PRESIDENT PRESIDENT DISCLAIMER Joren C. Madsen Robert M. Merion The Publisher, American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and Editors cannot be held responsible for PRESIDENT-ELECT PAST PRESIDENT errors or any consequences arising from the use of information contained Michael M. Abecassis in this journal; the views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect Barbara Murphy those of the Publisher, American Society of Transplantation and the IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT American Society of Transplant Surgeons, and Editors, neither does the publication of advertisements constitute any endorsement by the PRESIDENT-ELECT John P. Roberts Publisher, American Society of Transplantation and the American Society Maryl R. 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