More than 90 percent of renal allografts transplanted todaywill still be functioning one year from now. This rate representsa remarkable improvement over one-year graft-survival ratesof 70 percent in 1990.1 Despite this improvement in short-termsuccess, which reflects the use of better immunosuppressivemedications and the specialized management provided by the teamsthat care for patients with renal transplants, the long-termdeficiencies of the current approaches are increasingly apparent:undesirable side effects of immunosuppressive medications andthe inexorable loss of grafts due to chronic rejection. Thecurrent reality is that allograft failure is one of the fourmost . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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