title: Impact of Rh(D) blood group system on graft function and survival in live-donor kidney transplantation: a single-institution experience.
abstract: One thousand five hundred consecutive live-donor renal transplants were performed in a single institution. Among these patients, 1,372 patients (group I) received Rh-identical allografts and 128 (group II) received Rh-nonidentical allografts. The two groups were homogenous apart from the prevalence of the Rh nonidentity among unrelated donor-recipient pairs. The rate of acute and chronic rejection was comparable in both groups (P = 0.33 for acute rejection and P = 0.66 for chronic rejection). The mean serum creatinine at 5 years was 1.8 +/- 1 mg/dL for group I and 1.7 +/- 0.9 mg/dL for group II (P = 0.5). The 1-, 5-, and 10-year graft survival rates were 94%, 78%, and 54% for group I and 95%, 82%, and 57% for group II. We found that the Rh(D) blood group system is not likely to be a clinically relevant histocompatibility barrier to live-donor renal transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. y-osman99@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yasser
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Amr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El-Husseini
authors.forename: Hussein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sheashaa
authors.forename: Moustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amani
authors.forename: Mohamed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bakr
authors.forename: Ahmed B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: El-Din
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System