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BACKGROUND:End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). OBJECTIVES:To analyze the outcome and prognostic factors of renal transplantation in patients with ESRD due to SLE from January 1986 to December 2013 in a single center. RESULTS:Fifty renal transplantations were performed in 40 SLE patients (32 female (80%), mean age at transplantation 36±10.4 years). The most frequent lupus nephropathy was type IV (72.2%). Graft failure occurred in a total of 15 (30%) transplantations and the causes of graft failure were chronic allograft nephropathy (n=12), acute rejection (n=2), and chronic humoral rejection (1). The death-censored graft survival rates were 93.9% at 1 year, 81.5% at 5 years, and 67.6% at the end of study. The presence of deceased donor allograft (P=0.007) and positive anti-HCV antibodies (P=0.001) negatively influence the survival of the renal transplant. The patient survival rate was 91.4% at the end of the study. Recurrence of lupus nephritis in renal allograft was observed in one patient. CONCLUSION:Renal transplantation is a good alternative for renal replacement therapy in patients with SLE. In our cohort, the presence of anti-HCV antibodies and the type of donor source were related to the development of graft failure.
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Biomed Res Intjournal_title
BioMed research internationalauthors
Cairoli E,Sanchez-Marcos C,Espinosa G,Glucksmann C,Ercilla G,Oppenheimer F,Cervera Rdoi
10.1155/2014/746192subject
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2014-01-01 00:00:00pages
746192eissn
2314-6133issn
2314-6141journal_volume
2014pub_type
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