Abstract
Eighteen children aged 6 to 17 years received 24 cadaveric renal transplants between January 1965 and July 1971, and a further child received a kidney donated by her father. 12 children are alive with good functioning grafts and another 2 children are alive on haemodialysis awaiting a further renal graft. The clinical problems of renal transplantation in children are discussed with particular reference to the side effects of immunosuppressive therapy.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Azathioprine / therapeutic use
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Child
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Female
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Graft Rejection
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Histocompatibility Testing
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Humans
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Immunosuppression Therapy
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Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / complications
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Kidney Transplantation*
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Male
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Myocardial Infarction / complications
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Nephrectomy
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Osteoporosis / chemically induced
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Peritoneal Dialysis
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Prednisone / adverse effects
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Prednisone / therapeutic use
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Renal Dialysis
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Splenectomy
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Transplantation Immunology*
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Transplantation, Homologous
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Ureter / physiology