Identify the rationale for administering corticosteroids to a patient for transplant rejection prophylaxis.
A) To promote graft-versus-host disease
B) To prevent the patient's immune system from rejecting the implant
C) To provide prophylaxis against opportunistic infection
D) To enhance perfusion through the transplanted organ
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