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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Donor-specific cytotoxic T cell activity was measured over a period of 5 years after transplantation using the cell-mediated lympholysis (CML) test in 124 recipients of unrelated kidney allografts who received conventional immunosuppressive therapy consisting of azathioprine and prednisone. Since patients with a functioning transplant frequently display donor-specific CML non-responsiveness in vitro, we addressed the question of whether the CML status has a predictive value regarding the graft prognosis at any time interval until 5 years posttransplantation. From log-rank type analyses we conclude that the estimated relative risk calculated over the whole follow-up period of a CML-responder in the category of transplant rejectors is 1.25 with 95% confidence bounds between 0.94 and 1.65. Measurements of CML responder status during follow-up seem to have only limited prognostic value, although the relative risk is borderline significant when the analysis is restricted to the period between 2 weeks and 6 months posttransplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0041-1337
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
559-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Renal transplant patients monitored by the cell-mediated lympholysis assay. Evaluation of its clinical value.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunohaematology, University Hospital, Leiden, the Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't