Dr. William H. Kitchens M.D., PH.D.
Surgeon
Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit Street Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. William Kitchens is a general surgeon practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Kitchens specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Kitchens provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Using DNA chips to unravel the genetics of type 1 diabetes.
- Limiting the amount and duration of antigen exposure during priming increases memory T cell requirement for costimulation during recall.
- Integrin antagonists for transplant immunosuppression: panacea or peril?
- Domino liver transplantation: indications, techniques, and outcomes.
- Integrin antagonists prevent costimulatory blockade-resistant transplant rejection by CD8(+) memory T cells.
- Combined costimulatory and leukocyte functional antigen-1 blockade prevents transplant rejection mediated by heterologous immune memory alloresponses.
- Nonhuman primate models of transplant tolerance: closer to the holy grail.
- Interruption of OX40L signaling prevents costimulation blockade-resistant allograft rejection.
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