TY - JOUR
T1 - Current aspects of lung transplantation in eastern countries and Japan
AU - Yoshino, Ichiro
AU - Yamaguchi, Masafumi
AU - Fukuyama, Seiichi
AU - Tagawa, Tetsuzo
AU - Kameyama, Toshifumi
AU - Osoegawa, Atsushi
AU - Maehara, Yoshihiko
PY - 2003/3
Y1 - 2003/3
N2 - Approximately 1,500 lung transplantations are performed as an established treatment for progressive benign pulmonary diseases in Eastern countries. In Japan, however, lung transplantation has just started after a long dark period since the transplant law had become effective in October, 1997. Until today, 33 patients underwent lung transplantation, of whom 13 were received from brain death donors and 20 from living donors. For the patients in Kyushu, this therapeutic modality would be also expected in this district.
AB - Approximately 1,500 lung transplantations are performed as an established treatment for progressive benign pulmonary diseases in Eastern countries. In Japan, however, lung transplantation has just started after a long dark period since the transplant law had become effective in October, 1997. Until today, 33 patients underwent lung transplantation, of whom 13 were received from brain death donors and 20 from living donors. For the patients in Kyushu, this therapeutic modality would be also expected in this district.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 12784707
AN - SCOPUS:0042265527
SN - 0016-254X
VL - 94
SP - 37
EP - 42
JO - Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica
JF - Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica
IS - 3
ER -