News tagged with pediatric kidney
Dialysis before pediatric kidney transplant makes organ failure more likely
The longer a child is on a dialysis while awaiting a kidney transplant, the greater the likelihood he or she will experience graft failure and organ rejection following surgery, a comprehensive nationwide study by researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Increasing the number of kidney transplants
In most transplant centers, the kidneys of very young deceased donors are transplanted together into one patient. According to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (C ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Gene mutation increases drug toxicity, rejection risk in pediatric kidney transplants
Screening for mutations in a gene that helps the body metabolize a kidney transplant anti-rejection drug may predict which children are at higher risk for side effects, including compromised white blood cell count or organ ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 18, 2009 |
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