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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 1989 Mar 10;261(10):1449–1457.

Fig 8.

Fig 8

Parallel graphs of serum total bilirubin levels and cyclosporine (radioimmunoassay [RIA]) levels. Four major findings: (1) Rapid fall in total bilirubin level immediately after transplantation, (2) Progressive rise in bilirubin level from days 7 to 30. OKT3 administered for one week beginning day 23 with a decline to normal after treatment. (3) No rise in bilirubin level is seen during the early lymphproliferative disease (day 91). Cyclosporine was subsequently stopped but restarted due to fear of potential rejection or graft-vs-host disease. (4) Late, rapid rise of bilirubin level caused by the obstructing, fatal lymphoproliferative disease that was only transiently relieved by biliary catheter drainage.