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Renal transplantation in the uremic patient with advancing age either has been denied or undertaken at a presumed high risk. Currently over 50% of uremics on some form of chronic dialysis in the United States are 50 years of age or older (1). The comparatively poorer results achieved with renal transplantation in the elderly have been previously attributed to excessive infectious and cardiovascular complications and intolerance of immunosuppressive therapy. However, recent advances in immunosuppressive techniques have produced a dramatic improvement in patient and allograft survival for the older renal allograft recipient, especially following cadaveric transplantation.
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Sommer, B.G., Mandelbaum, D.M., Henry, M.L., Ferguson, R.M. (1986). Renal Transplantation in the Middle-Aged and Elderly Uremic Patient. In: Oreopoulos, D.G. (eds) Geriatric Nephrology. Developments in Nephrology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4255-4_17
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