TY - JOUR
T1 - Renal Replacement Therapy
AU - Miller, Laurie C.
AU - Najarian, John S
AU - Mauer, Michael
AU - Luke, Robert G.
PY - 1983/11/24
Y1 - 1983/11/24
N2 - To the Editor: In his editorial, “Renal Replacement Therapy,” in the June 30 issue,1 Dr. Luke states, “Transplantation of a graft from a histocompatible living related donor gives the best results for almost all patients except… young children under 8 kg in weight. For these children, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis can be employed until body size is adequate to permit transplantation.” We have reported the outcomes in 12 children weighing 5.4 to 8.89 kg (mean, 7.08 kg) who received a kidney transplant from an adult living related donor or a cadaver.2,3 The survival rates for patients.
AB - To the Editor: In his editorial, “Renal Replacement Therapy,” in the June 30 issue,1 Dr. Luke states, “Transplantation of a graft from a histocompatible living related donor gives the best results for almost all patients except… young children under 8 kg in weight. For these children, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis can be employed until body size is adequate to permit transplantation.” We have reported the outcomes in 12 children weighing 5.4 to 8.89 kg (mean, 7.08 kg) who received a kidney transplant from an adult living related donor or a cadaver.2,3 The survival rates for patients.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198311243092118
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198311243092118
M3 - Letter
C2 - 6355848
AN - SCOPUS:0021045889
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 309
SP - 1329
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 21
ER -