Improved outcome of renal transplantation in amyloidosis.
We report our results in 96 patients with amyloidosis who received 105 cadaveric renal allografts. The graft survival of amyloidosis patients has improved with time and with improved immunosuppression. The graft survival of amyloidosis patients is comparable to the results in another systemic disease, i. e., diabetes, and only slightly inferior to those in primary renal disease, even though amyloidosis patients tolerate complications poorly and the patients are at high risk of dying during the first 3 months.
IV Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
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Isoniemi
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Kyllönen
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Ahonen
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Höckerstedt
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Salmela
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Pasternack
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002102:Cadaver; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents