title: [Management of children and adolescents with kidney transplantation].
abstract: Successful renal transplantation is widely accepted as the treatment of choice for end-stage renal failure in infants, children and adolescents. The major issues currently requiring consideration when contemplating renal transplantation in the mentioned patients are: primary renal disease, psychosocial status, life-related versus cadaver donor allograft, optimal immunosuppressive regimen including cyclosporine, and maximization of growth and pubertal development. In transplanted adolescents, noncompliance is now a major problem, ranking only second to rejection as a cause of graft loss.
authors.affiliation: Kindernephrologische Einheit, Universitäts-Kinderklinik Bern.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bianchetti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laux-End
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Oetliker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007223:Infant; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D014019:Tissue Donors
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents