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Remarks About the Seventh International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Rome, Sept 3-8, 1978

Felix T. Rapaport, MD

JAMA. 1979;241(16):1704-1706.

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THE RAPID growth of transplantation since its relatively modest beginnings at the biennial conferences of the New York Academy of Sciences almost a quarter of a century ago has extended the duration of the international congresses to a full five days. The number of new ideas and facts presented at these gatherings continues to attest to the vitality of the transplantation community. More than ever this discipline has continued to benefit from the intimate interaction (and not infrequently cross-irritation) of biologists and clinicians for whom the Transplantation Society serves as a unique, common forum. These considerations were never more in evidence than at the recently concluded Seventh International Congress of the Transplantation Society—a broadly interdisciplinary gathering of more than 1,400 contributors representing 38 different nations throughout the world. There is no question that a preponderance of the 455 reviews, special reports, and invited talks presented at this gathering will have . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794 (Dr Rapaport).

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