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Use of Apheresis in the Treatment of Solid Organ Rejection ASFA/AABB Joint Program
Program Code:
9232-TC
Date:
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Time:
4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
Jeffrey Winters, MD, Director Therapeutic Apheresis Unit/Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program, Mayo Clinic-Rochester
Dr. Jill Adamski, MD, PhD, Medical Director, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Dr. Karen King, MD, Director of Hemapheresis and Transfusion Support; Assoc Dir of Transfusion Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Description
Solid organ transplantation can be complicated by rejection of the allograft. The therapeutic apheresis procedures of photopheresis and plasma exchange have been used to treat cellular and humoral rejection, respectively. This session will review the use of photopheresis and plasma exchange in the treatment of solid organ rejection.
CE Category | CE Value |
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Physician |
1.5 |
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