HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive kidney transplantation successful at 5 years
1. HIV-positive patients receiving kidney transplants from HIV-positive donor patients experienced a 5-year cumulative survival of 74% and a 5-year ...
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Patient Basics: Kidney Transplant
Originally published by Harvard Health. What Is It? A kidney transplant is surgery in which a person who has permanent kidney ...
The 3C Study: Alemtuzumab may reduce acute rejection following kidney transplant
1. Alemtuzumab induction treatment significantly reduced events of biopsy-proven acute rejection (BPAR) when compared with standard basiliximab-based therapy (BBT). 2. ...
Antibodies against apoptotic cells may predict kidney transplant rejection
1. Kidney transplant patients have higher IgG reactivity to apoptotic cells (IRAC) than healthy patients. 2. Greater levels of pretransplant ...
Pregnancy outcomes in kidney transplant recipients encouraging
Image: PD 1. Post-kidney transplant pregnancies are mostly successful and outcomes are improving. 2. Babies of kidney transplant recipients are ...
Anti-HLA antibodies predict worse kidney-allograft survival
Image: PD 1. C1q-binding donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies predicted worse graft survival in kidney transplant patients. 2. Inclusion of C1q-binding donor-specific ...