Autor: Angel L.M. de Francisco, R. Palomar, Juan Carlos Ruiz, Saturnino Sanz, J.A Zubimendi, Gema Fernández-Fresnedo, Manuel Arias, Julio G. Cotorruelo, Emilio Rodrigo
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: International Urology and Nephrology. 33:145-148
ISSN: 0301-1623
DOI: 10.1023/a:1014470403858
Popis: Since the immune response in older recipientsis weaker they should be less likely to rejecta transplanted organ and should need lessaggressive immunosuppressive treatment. Our aimwas to record the incidence and severity ofepisodes of acute rejection (AR), estimate theinfluence of these events on graft survival ofelderly recipients (≥60) and to comparethese with that in younger ones.We performed 363 kidney transplants between1/94 and 12/98, and recorded clinical andimmunological data, incidence-severity of ARand cause of graft loss. Patients were dividedinto two groups, according to the age attransplantation: A (
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