Guy’s Hospital stops children’s kidney transplants

Title
Guy’s Hospital stops children’s kidney transplants
Genre
News report; Press conference
TX Date
18 May 1990
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:01:56
Description
Children’s kidney transplants at Guy’s Hospital in London have been stopped after surgeons recorded a rejection rate two-and-a-half times the national average in last year’s patients. Doctors think that an antibody present in the blood of most of the patients who lost their graft is in some way involved. Dr Sue Rigden of Guy’s speaks at a press conferences(?); LBC science correspondent, John Allen, reports.
Contributors
John Allen; Sue Rigden
Keywords
London; UK; Hospitals; Children (age group); Guy’s Hospital; England; Organ transplantation; Kidney transplantation; Antibodies

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