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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-26
pubmed:abstractText
Classification of the underlying renal disorder in kidney transplant patients involves some uncertainties. To allow evaluation of the risk of recurrence of renal disease in the transplanted kidney and other characteristics and risks inherent to the specific renal disorder we have investigated the basis for and reevaluated the diagnosis of 1000 consecutive patients who received transplants in Göteborg 1985-1993. In the original registry, 36% of patients had been given the diagnosis chronic glomerulonephritis but the diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy in only half of them, 18% of the total population. Systemic vasculitides and hereditary disorders other than adult polycystic kidney disease which constituted 3% and 6%, respectively, had frequently been overlooked. The term chronic pyelonephritis (15%) covered a variety of conditions including toxic tubulointerstitial disease, but was dominated by those caused by congenital urinary tract formations. Diabetic nephropathy (21%) was the consequence of Type 1 diabetes in 18% and Type 2 or other forms of diabetes in 3%. The proportion of patients with unknown cause of renal failure was 20%. The registry allows identification of small, distinct entities, which may be characterised as regards prerequisites for and consequences of kidney transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0036-5599
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
393-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Original renal disease in a kidney-transplant population.
pubmed:affiliation
Transplant Unit, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article