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Renal transplantation in the elderly

Sir, We have read with great interest the manuscript of Stevens et al. [1], concerning deceased donor transplantation in the elderly in the UK. It has been clear that kidney transplantation offers improved survival and quality of life as compared to dialysis for patients without contraindications for immunosuppressive therapy. The same is true for elderly patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) [2]. However, the increase in number of potential renal transplant recipients is not followed by an appropriate increase in the number of donors, thus creating a great disparity between needs and possibilities for renal ...

elderly; renal transplantation

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