Pediatric renal transplantation.
This article outlines the current status of pediatric renal transplantation and emphasizes a practical approach to patient management. It discusses two areas of renal transplantation in children in which results differ significantly between children and adults. These areas are renal transplantation in the very young child and transplantation in children with renal failure secondary to urologic disease.
D001803:Blood Transfusion; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006128:Growth; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012008:Recurrence; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000150:complications
D006680:HLA Antigens