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Background: Double kidney transplantation (DKT) may be a useful approach to reduce the number of discarded marginal kidneys. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated the potential predictors for patient and graft survival in a single-center series of 59 DKT procedures performed in the period 1999-2008. Patients and Methods: The kidney...

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Introduzione: Il trapianto combinato di rene-pancreas (SKPT) si è progressivamente consolidato come opzione terapeutica per i pazienti diabetici affetti da insufficienza renale terminale. Pazienti e Metodi: Nel presente studio sono stati analizzati le procedure di SKPT effettuate presso il nostro Centro nel periodo 1986-2010 (n=56). I riceventi...

Background - The goal of this study was to evaluate the antibody specificity of anti-HLA class I antibodies (Ab) detected in the sera of alloimmunized patients (Pts) waiting for a kidney retransplantation (AP-WKRTx). Methods - The study group consisted of 56 potential transplant recipients showing a panel reactive antibody values (PRA) >5%. Ab...

Introduzione: La carenza di donatori cadavere ha indotto il progressivo consolidamento dei programmi di trapianto di rene (KT) da donatori viventi (DV). Pazienti e Metodi: Nel presente studio sono stati valutati 135 KT eseguiti da DV nel periodo 1989-2010. Di tali KT, 111 sono stati effettuati ricorrendo a donatori viventi geneticamente...

Background: Kidney transplantation has become the routine treatment for the pediatric population suffering from end stage renal disease (ESRD). The aim of this study was to investigate the case characteristics and the long-term outcomes in this patient group. Methods: In our Center, the program for pediatric transplant began on January 1987,...

A useful approach to reduce the number of discarded marginal kidneys and to increase the nephron mass is double kidney transplantation (DKT). In this study, we retrospectively evaluated the potential predictors for patient and graft survival in a single-center series of 59 DKT procedures performed between April 21, 1999, and September 21, 2008....

The pathogenesis of immunological and nonimmunological components that cause chronic kidney allograft nephropathy (CAN), is not yet completely understood. To explore the possible contribution of alloreactive cytotoxic T cells, we analyzed the transcription of cytotoxic molecules such as granzyme B and perforin using semiquantitative RT-PCR on...

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