title: Original disease of the recipient.
abstract: 1. The use of CsA in cadaver donor transplants has apparently overcome the effect of original disease one-year graft survival rates. Only SLE patients had lower than average graft survival rates in CsA-treated, first transplants. 2. Since 1970, the proportion of diabetics transplanted has increased tenfold. The proportions of transplants for glomerulonephritis and pyelonephritis have decreased over the years. 3. A beneficial effect of pretransplant blood transfusions, was observed in almost all of the disease groups. 4. HLA matching, particularly for HLA-B, DR antigens, has resulted in increased graft survival rates in the major disease categories. Small numbers of zero mismatched grafts prevented a more detailed analysis. 5. Whereas CsA consistently enhanced graft survival rates for first cadaver transplants, this drug had a much smaller effect in living donor transplants. A 14% increase was seen in cadaver donor transplants due to CsA, compared to 2% (siblings), 1% (parent), and 4% (child) for the living donor grafts.
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Terashita
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003524:Cyclosporins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries
chemical_list: D003524:Cyclosporins