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Volume 354:2071-2074 May 11, 2006 Number 19
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Long-Term Outcome of Renal Transplantation from Older Donors

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by Remuzzi, G.
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To the Editor: We have used an approach similar to that of Remuzzi et al. (Jan. 26 issue)1 in the assessment of kidneys from donors older than 60 years of age and the implantation of organs with minimal renal changes as assessed on biopsy before transplantation. During a three-year period, we performed 150 renal biopsies (with a mean of 80 glomeruli obtained per biopsy) of kidneys from 75 cadaveric donors 61 through 84 years of age. A pathologist evaluated the biopsy specimens using strict, objective, blinded criteria (as discussed by Karpinski et al.2).

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