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Pediatric renal transplantations in the Netherlands by Karlien Cransberg; Jan D. Van Gool; Jean Claude Davin; Maria C.J.W. De Jong; Muriel Darby; Marjolijn E. Boendermaker; Johan M.J. De Meester; Theo Stijnen; Eric D. Wolff; Jeroen Nauta is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Pediatric renal transplantations in the Netherlands about?
In the Netherlands, pediatric kidney transplantation programs are available in four centers. We retrospectively analyzed the results obtained over the past decade. Between 1985 and 1995, 231 patients (139 boys) received 269 transplants, including 61 repeat. The recipients were aged 1.9-21.8 yrs (mean 10.9), the donors 0.3-63.3 yrs (median 11.4, mean 19.7). Immunosuppression consisted of corticosteroids, cyclosporin A and azathioprine, in various combinations and dosages. The patient survival during follow-up was 97%. The overall graft survival was 73% at 1 yr and 60% at 5 yrs after transplantation. Major causes of graft loss were acute rejection (21%), thrombosis (12%) and chronic rejection (28%). Acute rejection episodes were noted in 74% of all grafts. First acute rejection episodes had a moderate predictive value for graft loss (relative risk (RR), compared to rejection-free grafts, 5.9). First rejection episodes occurring later than 3 months after transplantation were considerably more predictive (RR 18.3) than early ones. Grafts from living related donors (n = 35) yielded a superior 5-yr graft survival (77%) and remained free of rejection more often than grafts from adult cada
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- Author
- Karlien Cransberg; Jan D. Van Gool; Jean Claude Davin; Maria C.J.W. De Jong; Muriel Darby; Marjolijn E. Boendermaker; Johan M.J. De Meester; Theo Stijnen; Eric D. Wolff; Jeroen Nauta
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 1397-3142)
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)